The Head Of SDA, Anies' Subordinate, Is Examined By The Attorney Regarding Corruption, What Should Anies Have?

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JAKARTA - Head of DKI Jakarta Water Resources (SDA) Office, Yusmada Faizal, is questioned by the DKI Jakarta High Court regarding allegations of corruption. The corruption is suspected to have occurred when Yusmada served as Head of the DKI Jakarta Highways Agency in 2015.

Then, what should the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan do? A public policy observer from Trisakti University, Trubus Rahadiansyah, thinks Anies should temporarily suspend Yusmada from his position.

Reflecting on the case of the former Director of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya, Yoory Pinontoan who was involved in the house corruption of IDR 0, and former Head of the Jakarta Goods and Services Procurement Service Agency (BPPBJ), Blessmiyanda because of sexual harassment, Anies immediately disabled them when the case was dragged.

"If it is based on the Bless case, all of them should be subject to strict sanctions, especially if this is corruption. At least it should be deactivated to be more focused," said Trubus when contacted, Monday, May 3.

Moreover, with the deactivation of his position, Trubus thought that Yusmada would be more focused on undergoing corruption-related examinations within the DGH without intervention.

"This means that he should not have the power capable of removing evidence. Moreover, the public already knows, meaning that they must be given the opportunity for the public to participate in monitoring," he said.

It is known that the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office issued a summons to Yusmada Faizal to ask for information regarding the allegation of heavy equipment corruption. In the letter, it was explained that Yusmada underwent an examination on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Yusmada was asked for information and at the same time brought documents related to the alleged criminal act of corruption in the procurement of heavy equipment to support road repairs at the UPT Equipment and Supplies at the DKI Jakarta Bina Marga Service for the 2015 fiscal year.

The investigation into the alleged heavy equipment corruption is based on the findings of the Jakarta BPK Representative Office for the 2016 fiscal year within the DKI Jakarta Bina Marga Office. At that time, the UPT Alkal Bina Marga Office procured heavy equipment to support road repairs worth IDR 36.1 billion.

The heavy equipment procurement agreement was agreed upon on June 25, 2015, with a period of work starting from June 25 to October 22 2015. During that period, the Head of the Highways Office was held by Yusmada.

The price of goods itself is determined using the e-purchasing method through the e-Catalog application provided by LKPP, with a price per package of IDR 1.7 billion.

In the findings of the BPK RI Representative of DKI Jakarta, it was stated that the Bina Marga Office used a price breakdown from PT DMU, which was also used in the negotiation process at LKPP to be included in the e-Catalog. Even though PT. DMU has not been registered as an agent / distributor at the Ministry of Trade.

Then, it is indicated that the goods submitted to the bina marga office do not match the goods offered and are displayed in the e-Catalog based on the results of document inspection.

As a result, the Bina Marga Office does not receive quality and after-sales guarantees from producers listed on the e-Catalog. As for the indication of regional losses amounting to IDR 13,432,155,000.