Deputy Chairperson Of The MPR Regrets That There Are Commodgi Personnel Involved In Judol

Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Eddy Soeparno. (ANTARA/HO-MPR RI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Eddy Soeparno regretted that the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) was suspected of being involved in the online gambling practice which was revealed when Polda Metro Jaya arrested 11 suspects in the online gambling case, including the ministry's employees.

"We are at war against judol (judionline) which destroys the younger generation and even many commit suicide because they are in debt. On the other hand, employees who should carry out their duties against judol, actually become individuals who protect this practice," said Eddy as stated in a written statement received by Antara in Jakarta, Saturday.

On the other hand, he highlighted the firm response of Minister Komdigi Meutya Hafid regarding this polemic.

"The Minister of Trade's response has also been conveyed that an in-depth and thorough investigation must be carried out so that those affiliated with judol can be immediately fired and even prosecuted," he said.

Furthermore, as the leader of the MPR, Eddy fully supports President Prabowo Subianto's commitment to eradicating online gambling. He admitted that he was ready to be an inseparable part of efforts to eradicate online gambling that damaged the younger generation.

President Prabowo emphasized that he would fully support the eradication of gambling and even use the terminology of sterilization at all levels of government and stakeholders. As an MPR leader, I fully support this commitment," he said.

Not only that, the Deputy Chairperson of the MPR also admitted that he would continue to build dialogue and awareness with the younger generation to avoid judol and channel creative spaces in a more positive form.

One of my commitments at the People's Consultative Assembly is to bridge the aspirations of the younger generation to realize policies that support their creative space. Removing and fighting judol is an important requirement to realize the upcoming Indonesia Gold 2045," he said.

Previously, Polda Metro Jaya arrested 11 suspects in an online gambling case involving unscrupulous employees of the Ministry of Trade in Bekasi City, West Java.

"These are 11 people, some of whom are unscrupulous Kemkomdigi employees, including expert staff from Komdigi," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Police Ade Ary Syam Indradi when confirmed in Jakarta, Friday (1/11).

Ade Ary explained that the Komdigi Ministry employee has the authority to check the gambling online web to block it. However, they abuse their authority by not blocking certain online gambling sites.

They are given full authority to block. However, they also do abuse, if they already know them, they don't block from their data," he said.