KPK: 62 Percent Of Incumbent Candidates In The 2020 Pilkada Experience Additional Assets

KPK (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) released the LHKPN Data Analysis Report for Regional Head Candidates 2020. As a result, as many as 62 percent of incumbent candidates experienced additional assets after leading their regions for five years.

"Incumbents in the first period increased 62 percent of their assets. There was an increase of Rp1 billion, an increase of Rp. 100 billion for two incumbents, and there were an increase of Rp. 10 billion to Rp. 100 billion, 27 people," said KPK Prevention Deputy Pahala Nainggolan in a press conference broadcast on the account. YouTube KPK RI, Friday, December 4.

"Most of them added Rp1 billion to Rp10 billion," he added.

Even so, the KPK also noted that there were incumbent candidates who experienced a reduction in their assets compared to when they took office. "In fact, the reduction from Rp. 10 billion to Rp. 100 billion," he said.

Regarding this reduction, the anti-graft commission analyzed that this usually occurs because there is a disposal of assets by a regional head candidate. Meanwhile, regarding the addition of assets, the KPK does not want to speculate further.

Even so, the results of this analysis have not yet been clarified to candidates for regional head, especially incumbents. Pahala said that this clarification was made after they were re-elected.

"We have not clarified this because even though he is an incumbent candidate, we still see whether he is elected or not," he said.

The reason why the KPK did not directly clarify to incumbent candidates was to prevent this issue from being used by irresponsible parties, thus detrimental to their candidacy.

"So we think this is a sensitive issue. Usually, we invite it for clarification, but the names of people to the KPK are not asked whether it is prevention or prosecution," said Pahala.

"This is what is then feared could disrupt the nomination process for him," he added.

Furthermore, from the results of this analysis, the incumbent candidates are considered to be more prepared in matters of regional election funding. "This is reflected in the form of liquid or cash with an average of Rp1.8 billion from the average total assets of Rp.10.2 billion," said Pahala.

"Meanwhile, non-incumbents (more, red) in the form of non-liquid form of land and buildings with an average cash of IDR 1.2 billion from an average total assets of IDR 10.8 billion," he concluded.