KPK Said, Digital Systems At Ports Don't Just Make Extortion Free

KPK Deputy Prevention Pahala Nainggolan/ PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said the implementation of digital-based systems in ports did not make illegal levies (extortion) practices disappear. Humans behind it are said to be outsmarting.

"If you say there is still extortion or not, yes, still. It's called a system if humans make it," said Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring of the KPK as well as Coordinator for the Implementation of the National Strategy for Corruption Prevention (Stranas PK) Pahala Nainggolan at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, July 2.

"All systems in the world if humans run it we can't control it," he continued.

Even so, digitization of services allows the bureaucracy to be trimmed. Pahala said one of the results was that Indonesia's logistics index data decreased based on world bank data.

"We just say this, the world bank says our logistics costs are 24 percent, 24 percent is finished making stories from the end of here to the end of here. From warehouses to warehouses," he said.

This condition then changed after digitization was implemented. So that in the future, Pahala hopes that the world bank will carry out the latest survey.

"Now it's only 12-13 percent. We have challenged the world bank, 'come on, surveyed'. We are happy to be surveyed so that friends are appreciated," he said.

Pahala said that this appreciation must also be given, especially for the private sector who manages the port. The good thing is also necessary, if you want to join the system, you want to obey, how come you feel if you say 12-13 percent. Just do it with Indonesian logistics costs, just look at what our logistics are like. If he improves, it means that efficiency occurs," he concluded.