No Wonder DKI Disbud Is Stumbled On Corruption, PSI: There Is A Demand For A Odd Budget

Gatot Arif Rahmadi (GAR), owner of a fictitious EO and one of the corruption suspects in the Jakarta Disbud in the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office detention car, Thursday, January 2. (Diah-VOI)

JAKARTA - Secretary of Commission E of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Justin Adrian, admitted that he was not surprised by the corruption case of the DKI Jakarta Culture Service which dragged the Head of the Office and Head of the Utilization Division of the Cultural Service Mohamad Fairza Maulana (MFM).

Because, said Justin, his party has also found an odd budget proposal from the Culture Service in a working meeting with Commission E of the DKI DPRD some time ago.

"No wonder. Even though I just served in Commission E, in the discussion of the budget yesterday, several things were found that were odd from Disbud's budget request," Justin told reporters, Sunday, January 5.

At that time, Disbud DKI proposed a budget for the procurement of a mobile planetarium with a value of Rp. 5.8 billion. When searching for himself, Justin found a similar device with the highest quality selling only for 79 thousand US dollars or equivalent to Rp. 1.2 billion.

"So now there is something like this, it's no surprise. I hope it can be a concern for all other SKPDs in the DKI Provincial Government," said Justin.

From this case, Justin admitted that Commission E of the DKI DPRD had not yet scheduled a summons to the DKI Disbud for the clarification process. Currently, the DPRD is still fully submitting the legal process to the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office.

"We leave the Disbud case to law enforcement, I hope all things can be clear," he said.

The DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has named three people as suspects in the corruption case of the fictitious activities of the DKI Culture Service. They are the Head of the DKI Culture Office (Kadis) Iwan Henry Wardhana, the Head of the Utilization Division of the DKI Disbud Mohamad Fairza Maulana (MFM), and the owner of the EO with the initials GAR.

Currently, Gatot as the owner of the fraudulent EO has been detained at the Cipinang Rutan for 20 days, after undergoing examination as a suspect. Then, the DKI Attorney General's Office scheduled a summons to Iwan and Fairza as the suspect's examination next week.

Activities in collaboration with GR-Pro are launched with two variations, namely fully fictitious activities, then partial activities are carried out and some are fictitious.

In carrying out activities sourced from regional apparatus APBDs such as Disbud, it must make an accountability for the use of the budget.

To cover the gap, Iwan and Fairza made an accountability letter or SPJ using fake stamps and borrowed several companies in exchange for 2.5 percent. The company did not carry out activities as made in the SPJ of the Culture Service.

"One of the activities is an art performance with a budget of Rp. 15 billion. The manipulation mode includes bringing in several parties and then being given uniforms as dancers," said Head of the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office, Patris Yusrian Jaya.

"Furthermore, photos on stage and given the title as if this photo after carrying out certain dance activities, But the dance never existed. And this was later made accountable. It was also equipped with fake stamps from the manager," he added.

After being named suspects, Iwan and Fairza were temporarily dismissed from civil servant status by the DKI Provincial Government. Currently, Iwan and Fairza have not been dishonorably dismissed. Dismissal will be carried out if both are found guilty in court and sentenced to a minimum sentence of two years in prison, according to Government Regulation Number 94 of 2021 concerning Civil Servant Discipline.