Pieter: TNI, Polri & Kejaksaan Dinaungi Coordinating Minister For Political, Legal And Security Affairs Is Pak Prabowo's Breakthrough

Pieter C. Zulkifli Simabuea and Eddy Wijaya after the conversation. (Doc Eddy Wijaya)

JAKARTA - Former Chairman of Commission III, DPR RI, Dr. Pieter C. Zulkifli Simabuea, SH, MH said that one of the challenges of eradicating corruption is state institutions that have great authority or are often called superbody institutions. "Institutions formed by our government should not ignore the findings of experts such as Lord Acton (Indonesian History of the 19th century). There should not be an institution that is superbody, there should be no very strong institution, no institution that becomes a tool of power, it should not happen again," Pieter said in the EdShareOn podcast with host Eddy Wijaya, which aired on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.

Political and legal observers who have been high-ranking PDI-P officials and the Democratic Party explained that state institutions that are given great authority will tend to be used by their elites to commit crimes such as corruption. Power has a tendency to be corrupt. An absolute power especially. He will abuse power even more. Power demands that others do good things, but ( unfortunately) that power does not implement it. That happens a lot in our country," said Pieter.

Therefore, Pieter appreciated President Prabowo Subianto's policy of changing the nomenclature of a number of state institutions that have great authority such as the TNI, Polri, and the Prosecutor's Office. The three institutions are now under the auspices of the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs (Menko Polkam) which is now led by General (Ret.) Budi Gunawan.

The nomenclature change is contained in Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 139 of 2024 concerning the Arrangement of Tasks and Functions of the Ministry of State of the Red and White Cabinet for the period 2024-2029. I think this is something extraordinary. This is one of Mr. Prabowo's breakthroughs; that he gave a fairly heavy task to the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs," Pieter said.

However, the man who was born in Surabaya, April 27, 1967, stated that another challenge that Prabowo needs to anticipate is state officials who are caught in corruption cases. "Many of our elites have been held hostage by corruption cases. But, whoever is chosen in a very strong institution, for example. Back to how the system works. All (return to) the president, "said Pieter.

Prabowo Makes it difficult for the Ministry of Finance to intervene to Eddy Wijaya, Pieter C. Zulkifli Simabuea also praised President Prabowo Subianto's policy towards the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) which is no longer under the auspices of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs. In Presidential Decree Number 139 of 2024, the ministry led by Sri Mulyani Indrawati is now under the direct auspices of the president.

"Ini artikan pak Presiden Prabowo melakukan langkah-langkah prudent. Tujuannya agar tidak ada pihak-pihak yang meintervensi atau menekan Kemenkeu, khususnya jika ada institusi atau lembaga mengaksakan program-program yang sebenarnya tidak real," ujar Pieter.

According to Pieter, another positive impact from the Ministry of Finance is directly under the president, namely that budget submissions from state institutions are more controllable and supervised. "At least past habits where many leaders of state institutions or governments apply for logs, may not happen again in the future," he said.

Pieter believes that President Prabowo Subianto's government will make many policy changes, although not in a hurry so as not to cause problems. "Even though he (Prabowo) has a lot of experience, he must have considered various things so that the first year of government is without obstacles," he said.

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The figure of Eddy Wijaya is a podcaster who was born on August 17, 1972. Through the YouTube account @EdShareOn, Eddy interviewed many national figures ranging from state officials, legal experts, political experts, national politicians, to Indonesian celebrities. The man with the characteristic dimple on the right cheek is also a nationalist who is a discriminatory and social observer struggle activist by helping the community through the Wijaya Peduli Bangsa foundation. His ideas were formed because of his hard work to be independent from the age of 13 years until his success like now. For Eddy, the world of work is not as smooth as imagined, failure and rejection are common. This is what makes him hold fast to the tagline Success is only a matter of time. (ADV)