Bobby Nasution Comes To KPK, Discusses How To Clean North Sumatra's Bureaucratics

North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution At The KPK Building, Jakarta (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

The Governor of North Sumatra, Bobby Nasution, visited the Red and White House of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, on Monday, April 28.

The son-in-law of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, was invited with regents and mayors throughout North Sumatra to discuss preventing corruption.

"I was invited by the KPK for coordination, collaboration, and strengthening between the KPK, local governments, and the DPRD," Bobby told reporters at the location.

Bobby was reluctant to talk at length about the activity. He only emphasized that the meeting discussed efforts to enforce and prevent corruption, coordination between local governments and the DPRD, budget preparation, and optimizing regional income.

Meanwhile, the KPK Spokesperson Team, Budi Prasetyo, explained that this meeting was part of the KPK's coordination and supervision activities specifically for the North Sumatra region.

"This meeting aims to map various obstacles faced by local governments in efforts to eradicate corruption, so that the KPK through its coordination and supervision functions can provide more measurable and directed assistance," said Budi.

Apart from regional heads, the DPRD ranks were also invited. The KPK considers both of them to be the main stakeholders in the administration of regional governments.

"This meeting was also attended by the ranks of the DPRD, considering that they are key stakeholders in local governments. Thus, the process of planning, implementation, evaluation, and accountability of regional government programs can be carried out more accountablely and transparently," said Budi.