Laode M Syarif Asks KPK Deputy Chairman Nurul Gufron To Read Lots Of Data

Former Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Laode M Syarif (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Former Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Laode M Syarif asked the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK for the 2019-2023 period Nurul Ghufron to read more data.

This was conveyed by Laode in response to Ghufron's statement that the law enforcement and corruption eradication sector was considered to have increased if you looked at the results of research by Transparency International Indonesia (TII). According to him, it is true that there is an increase in the indicators used by TII but what needs to be remembered is that this figure is actually the lowest.

It is known, in the results of this study, although Indonesia experienced a decrease in the corruption perception index number by 3 points, the World Justice Project-Rule of Law (WJP-ROL) also increased 2 points from 21 to 23.

The WJP-ROL indicator is to measure the compliance of a country in law enforcement and measure the abuse of public authority in the executive, judicial, police or military, and legislative.

"Yes, he (the indicator number, red) rose from 21 to 23. However, he is still the lowest. So do not be grateful for the increase. He is still the lowest," said Laode in the Corruption Perceptions Index Launch 2020 which was broadcast on his account. Facebook Transparency Indonesia International, Thursday, 28 January.

"So the quality of law enforcement, rule of law in Indonesia is among the nine or 11 indexes the worst," he added.

Furthermore, Laode assessed that this low figure should be a reflection of improving the quality of political parties and improving the quality of law enforcement. Because, these two things are the reasons why this number has never increased.

"Why political parties? Because if we look at all political parties represented in the KPK. So this is not a matter of perception and this is sad because they are the ones who make laws and should supervise and become anti-corruption supporters," he said.

In addition, he also mentioned the many corruption cases that ensnare regional heads that are handled by the KPK.

"This is a sign that corruption in the political sector is indeed the most terrible. So what can we do," he said.

"Pak Ghufron must read the data frequently. Members of the DPR, DPRD were still 252 when I served at the KPK. Today there may have been more than 260. So corruption is a crime of power. I repeat, corruption is a crime of power," he concluded.