This Is The Reaction Of Khofifah Hearing Herself Reported To The KPK

PSI Chairman With Khofifah Indar Parawansa And Emil Dardak/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Former East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa did not know that he was reported to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today. Khofifah did not even know what cases dragged her.

"What corruption, huh?" said Khofifah when met at the PSI DPP office, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, June 4.

Journalists also explained to Khofifah that the report was related to project work at the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos). The suspicion is that there was a state loss that occurred when Khofifah served as Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos).

Responding to this, Khofifah asked all parties to wait for follow-up in processing the report.

"Yes, we'll see how it is. I've also just heard of this," he said.

It is known, this report was submitted by the Chairman of the Civil Society Communication Forum Sutikno. Sutikno said his presence at the KPK was not the first time. A similar report was also submitted in 2018 or six years ago but was not followed up.

Therefore, he initiated to return to the KPK office. Sutikno admitted that he brought additional evidence in the form of files from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).

"In the past, six years ago we reported it, we calculated the loss of Rp. 58 billion while we just got an audit from the BPK, the loss of the project we reported was Rp. 98 billion in the case at the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2015, the verification and validation program for the poor," explained Sutikno at the KPK's Merah Putih building.

Apart from Khofifah, Adi Karyono, who is the Acting Governor of East Java, is currently also reported. This name was dragged into the power of budget users.

"It turned out that in 2015, apart from the verification and validation program, there was a program called the procurement of tents and it was also suspected that there was a loss of Rp7.8 M (from, red) for the tent procurement. The power of the budget user is now the Acting Governor of East Java Adi Karyono," said Sutikno.

As for the verification and validation of data at the Ministry of Social Affairs, a number of officials are said to have hit a rule that caused the state to lose money.

"(There is, red) poor families who want to be verified (in the program, red) it turns out that they use BPS data (which, red) are considered to have been verified. There is no fact in the field (person, red)," he concluded.