Jokowi Entered Nominations For Corrupted Figures, PDIP: 5 Years Yesterday Corruption Was Extraordinary

Djarot Saiful Hidayat/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

Chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) Central Leadership Council (DPP) Djarot Saiful Hidayat responded to the name of the 7th President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) as one of the most corrupt national figures or leaders in the world.

Djarot admitted, in Jokowi's leadership for the 2019-2024 period, many corruption cases were very detrimental to the state. One of them is the corruption case in tin management which cost the state up to Rp300 trillion.

"This is a suggestion, good for all of us. If we really want to be honest, last 5 years the corruption crime in Indonesia was extraordinary. The level of corruption in Indonesia is very fantastic," said Djarot at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, December 31.

However, Djarot did not want to agree whether Jokowi was indeed one of the most corrupt leaders in the world or not. He also emphasized that he did not associate these corruption cases with the impact of Jokowi's leadership.

"I don't know if it has anything to do with such a large corruption case, so it then contributes to President Jokowi's title as one of the nominations for corrupt figures," he said.

Previously, Jokowi was nominated as one of the most corrupt world figures in 2024 released by the Organization Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

Quoted from publications published on the official OCCRP website, apart from Jokowi, several names mentioned include Kenyan President William Ruto, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin, and Indian businessman Gautam Adani.

Jokowi responded to this. Jokowi asked the party claiming the statement to prove it. According to the former Governor of DKI Jakarta, currently there is a lot of slander that has come to him.

"Now there are so many slanders, there are so many evil framings, there are so many accusations without any evidence. That's what's happening now, right?" Jokowi said.

Asked about the political content behind the nominations for the corrupt leader, Jokowi laughed. "Yes, just ask. People can use any vehicle, you can use NGO, you can use the party," he said.

In fact, according to him, certain parties can use community organizations to throw such accusations.

"You can use mass organizations to accuse, to create malicious framing, to make accusations of such evil, yes," he added.