KPK Yakin Kortas Tipikor Polri Tak Akan Tumpang Tindih

KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) believes that the formation of the Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas) of the National Police will not overlap with the work of its institutions.

KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika said the effort was actually considered to strengthen the eradication of corruption in the country.

"We don't see any overlap. Efforts to eradicate corruption are not only the domain of the KPK," he said in a written statement, Friday, October 18.

Tessa said it was getting better when many stakeholders participated in eradicating corruption, including the Police. As long as it is not followed by the weakening of other institutions.

"For this reason, the establishment of the Corruption Eradication Corps of the National Police as one of the counter-parts of the KPK, we consider it a form of the government's seriousness, in this case the president and more specifically the National Police Chief, in order to jointly reduce the level of corruption to realize an advanced Indonesia," he said.

As previously reported, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said that the formation of the Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas) was an effort to maximize the prosecution of perpetrators of corruption in Indonesia. This step is also a form of synergy with other agencies such as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Prosecutor's Office.

"Part of the efforts of the National Police to work together with other institutions, in this case the KPK and the prosecutor's office, to be able to optimize the eradication of criminal acts of corruption," Sigit told reporters, Friday, October 18.

Kortas Corruption is also not limited to prosecution, but there are prevention and education efforts. Thus, in this way it is hoped that corrupt actions can be prevented from the 'root of grass'

"Where in this context the Directorate of Prevention is added. Then, the Directorate of Education and the Directorate of Search and Asset Security," he said.