Hello Mr. Jokowi, Indonesia's Corruption Perceptions Index Lost To Malaysia And Timor Leste

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JAKARTA - Transparency International Indonesia (TII) has released the Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Based on their research, Indonesia experienced a drop in score of up to 3 points compared to 2019 and lost to Malaysia and Timor Leste.

In 2020, Indonesia reached a perception index score of 37 points. Meanwhile, in 2019, the perception index score was 40 points.

"Our CPI in 2020 is at a score of 37 with a ranking of 102. This score has dropped three points from 2019," said Wawan in an online presentation posted on Transparency International Indonesia's Facebook account, Thursday, January 28.

He then explained that in the Southeast Asia region, with this score, Indonesia is in the fifth level. Meanwhile, Singapore is in first place with a score of 85.

Furthermore, in second place there is Brunei Darussalam with a score of 60, Malaysia with a score of 51, and Timor Leste 40.

Then in sixth place, there is Vietnam with a perception index score of 36, Thailand with a score of 26, the Philippines with a score of 34, and Laos with a score of 29. Myanmar with a score of 28 and the most distended is Cambodia with a score of 21.

Meanwhile, with 180 countries in the world and included in the research conducted by TII, Indonesia has the same score as the Gambia.

Furthermore, Wawan then explained that there were a number of data sources that caused the decline in the corruption perception index number in Indonesia in 2020.

"First, there is an International Country Risk Guide which we have dropped 8 points from 2019-2020 from 58 to 50," he said.

Then, the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook Indonesia also experienced a decrease of 5 points from 48 to 43. Furthermore, the Global Insight Country Risk Ratings fell from 47 to 35; Varieties of Democracy Projects decreased from 26 to 28; and the PERC Asia Risk Guide fell from 32 to 35.

There is also a stagnation in the World Economic Forum EOS which is at 46; Bertelsmann Foundation Transform Index at 37; and the Economist Intelligence Unit Country Ratings which is also at 37.

"Meanwhile, our World Justice Project has increased 2 points from 21 to 23," said Wawan.

Responding to the drop in the perception index score, the former Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) expressed his disappointment.

He said that this reduction should not be regarded as something ordinary, but should be addressed more wisely.

"We should not consider (this result, red) as something mediocre. Because in 2019 we get 40 and we come back. That means we are back in 2016, 37. So that's the past five years. So we don't think this is something just ordinary. This is no longer yellow light, but red light," he said at the same event.

In addition, he also mentioned that this kind of decline had never occurred in the previous year. "So who is responsible, of course, that is the main stakeholder," he said.

"Because first, the most vulnerable are political corruption, so it is represented by the top people and corruption in the law enforcement sector, namely the police, the KPK, the prosecutor's office, the Supreme Court, prisons, and others. And of course, those all are our people," he concluded.