Mahfud MD Reminds IPDN Alumnus Don't Take Advantage Of Positions For Non-Conventional Corruption

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD gave a public lecture at the IPDN Jatinangor Campus. (ANTARA/Purnama Ferry)

SUMEDANG - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs (Menkopohukam) Mahfud MD reminded alumnus of the Institute of Domestic Administration (IPDN) who became public officials to avoid using office for unconventional corruption.

"Don't do unconventional corruption, such as wanting to get more services because you feel like you're an official," said Mahfud during a public lecture at the IPDN Jatinangor Campus, Sumedang Regency, West Java, Wednesday, March 30.

Mahfud MD explained the acts of unconventional corruption, namely officials who want to be served more or more luxuriously, such as not wanting to be picked up by a normal car, wanting a good car.

In addition, he continued, doing arbitrary actions if he was not served according to his wishes.

IPDN Praja at the Jatinangor Campus and campuses in various regions, he said, were educated to be professional people with the principle of providing public services. "IPDN has a strategic, professional and serving position," he said, as reported by Antara.

He hopes that all IPDN staff can take good actions so that the country will be better, and not take bad actions because the impact on the country will be bad.

"If you are bad then Indonesia will be bad, if you are good then Indonesia will be good," he said.

IPDN Chancellor Hadi Prabowo added that IPDN deliberately invited the Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Mahfud MD to provide new and broad insights for IPDN staff about the Indonesian nation and state.

The presence of the national figure with the title of professor, he said, would provide a better perspective for the IPDN staff for the nation and state, and not be easily influenced by the current spread of hoaxes.

"It will be added with insight, capacity, seeing actual and factual conditions, of course starting to think analytically and systematically, not having an effect on hoaxes," he said.

The public lecture activity by presenting national figures on the IPDN Campus is a routine agenda that is attended by five thousand civil servants from various regions offline and online as well as elements of IPDN officials.