JAKARTA Charta Politica Indonesia researcher, Ardha Ranadireksa encouraged Budi Arie Setiadi to prove his statement regarding the involvement of Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Budi Gunawan and PDIP in online gambling cases.
"The allegation of Budi Arie's involvement is certainly expected to be obtained for clarity. In line with this, even if there is involvement of PDIP or BG, it is also expected to be able to explain," he said, Friday, May 30, 2025.
According to him, an open and transparent legal process is clearly needed to reveal who the actors involved in the online gambling case are. This is necessary so that online gambling cases that drag the names of state officials are not used as political bargaining tools.
"What needs to be avoided is not to let allegations of involvement like this become a bargaining chip or political bargaining, or even not infrequently become a tool for political hostages," said Ardha.
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He also assessed that the online gambling case that dragged Budi Arie's name would tarnish the name of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi), considering that Ketum Projo was close to the former Jakarta Governor.
"The allegation of Budi Arie's involvement in this online gambling case is in his capacity as a Minister of Communication and Information for the Jokowi era, not as a current coordinating minister. However, it will still affect the image of the Prabowo government," he explained.
As is known, in the indictment against a number of former Kemenkominfo employees who were tried at the South Jakarta District Court, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, it was revealed that Budi Arie while still serving as the Minister of Communication and Information was said to have asked for a quota of 50 percent of the results of the practice of securing online gambling sites. Responding to the indictment, Budi Arie denied his involvement in the practice of securing judol sites. He considered the indictment to be an evil narrative that attacks his dignity personally.
In fact, he had mentioned the names of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Budi Gunawan and PDIP in his rebuttal. This is what makes the PDIP camp inflamed. PDIP DPP chairman Komarudin Watubun asked Budi Arie to be manly to complete his involvement in online gambling cases rather than busy accusing other parties, including PDIP.
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