BENGKULU - Seven high echelon II officials within the Bengkulu Provincial Government (Pemprov) admitted to handing over a sum of money to help former Bengkulu Governor Rohidin Mersyah participate in the 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada).
High-ranking officials within the Bengkulu Provincial Government admit that they handed over the amount of money for personal gain, namely so that their positions are not removed.
"The handover of the money was my initiative, there was no direct coercion conveyed by Rohidin Mersyah. The handover of the money was carried out so that his position was not removed. The money handed over was personal money, which was collected from the savings and the results of the family's business," said Head of the Bengkulu Province Library and Archives Service Meri Sasdi at the Bengkulu Corruption District Court, Wednesday, May 7.
Based on the testimony of witnesses, they handed over a sum of money with a different nominal, such as the Head of the Bengkulu Province Youth and Sports Service (Dispora) Ika Joni Ikhwan in the amount of Rp. 97 million, the Head of the Bengkulu Province Library and Archives Service, Meri Sasdi, amounting to Rp. 195 million.
Head of the Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD) of Bengkulu Province, Haryadi, reached Rp250 million, Assistant III of the Regional Secretariat (Setda) of Bengkulu Province, Nandar Munadi, which is Rp75 million.
Furthermore, the Head of the Bengkulu Province Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Karmawanto amounted to Rp155 million, Bengkulu Governor's expert staff for the Sisardi Administration was Rp30 million and Bengkulu Governor's expert staff for Human Resources (HR) Zahirman Aidi was Rp30 million.
The same thing was conveyed by Sisardi who handed over Rp. 30 million because Rohidin Mersyah had been dismissed when he was Head of the Bengkulu Province Food Security Service and was transferred to an expert staff.
"Because Mr. Rohidin as the Governor has the right to job the official. There are no other options and the results of the agreement," he said.
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He admitted that he was dismissed as the head of the Tees service because Rohidin considered himself not optimal in assisting his wife's candidacy, Denta Rohidin, as a candidate for a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) some time ago.
Meanwhile, Rohidin Mersyah denied that she had charged her subordinates some money, and denied Sisardi's non-job information, because Sisardi was divided into an expert staff based on the results of the evacuation and assessment.
"That's not true because it is the result of an assessment and evaluation of its performance," he said.
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