Budget Increases, 2021 KPK Focuses On Monitoring Economic Recovery And Handling COVID-19

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will focus on monitoring the response to COVID-19 and national economic recovery in the country in 2021.

"The focus of the KPK area in 2021 is inseparable from the KPK's strategic plan for 2020-2024 and adjusted to the Government's Work Plan for 2021 so that it will be adjusted to the prevailing laws and regulations, including in Presidential Regulation number 86 of 2020 in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic disaster through the theme of Accelerating. Economic Recovery and Social Reform, "said KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri in the 2020 KPK Performance press conference broadcast on the KPK RI YouTube account, Wednesday, December 30.

This surveillance effort, he said, would be carried out through various sectors such as industry, tourism, investment, national health system reform, social protection system reform, disaster resilience reform, overseeing the preparation of a food security system, and independent learning.

In addition, other efforts will be made through synergies between ministries, institutions at the central and regional levels to the community whose implementation refers to Presidential Regulation Number 39 of 2019 concerning One Indonesian Data which is the legal basis for improving data governance.

"The KPK will continue to carry out its duties and functions in accordance with the applicable laws. Eradicating corruption will remain a priority and the KPK will always be at the forefront of efforts to eradicate corruption in Indonesia," he said.

In carrying out this task, the KPK is supported by a budget of IDR 1.3 trillion or an increase of IDR 384.7 billion from the 2020 budget. However, this support is deemed insufficient if there is no participation from the community in preventing and eradicating corruption.

"The KPK cannot work alone. We invite all elements of society, including academics, non-governmental organizations, anti-corruption activists, law enforcers, all ministries / institutions, and all Indonesian people to continue to accompany the KPK in carrying out its duties and functions in eradicating corruption," he concluded.