JAKARTA - The Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Setyo Budiyanto, reminded a number of state-owned enterprises (BUMN) that had handled his case not to repeat the same mistake. There must be improvements so that the loopholes in the practice of corruption can be closed.
This was conveyed by Setyo during the Kick Off Meeting of the Monitoring of the Improvement of the System held at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, March 6, 2026. The KPK gathered PT Pertamina, PT Taspen, PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry, PT Pembangunan Perumahan (PP), and PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PN) 1 who had cases and reminded that this activity was important as a means of prevention.
"There is prevention after the action because we hope that it will not happen again. There is no term for a hattrick," said Setyo, quoted from the agency's official statement, Saturday, March 7, 2026.
Setyo said that strengthening corruption prevention in the SOE sector could start from internal improvement, including through changes to a number of strategic positions. Then, an update of the system that emphasizes organizational governance improvement needs to be carried out.
At least, continued Setyo, there are two principles that can be applied by the board of directors, namely transparency and accountability.
"If these two things have been done, I believe everything will go well," said the former KPK Investigation Director.
Furthermore, the KPK also presented a study related to potential vulnerabilities in the SOE sector, especially for PT Pertamina (Persero). One of them, corporate decisions that are often claimed to be business decisions, but have the potential to contain criminal elements.
Deputy Chairman of the KPK, Agus Joko Pramono, said that corruption practices in corporations generally did not occur in a single event but rather a series of processes from the planning, implementation, to reporting stages. The principle of Business Judgement Rule (BJR) cannot be an excuse to remove the corruption that occurred.
"The BJR principle basically requires the board of directors to work entirely for the benefit of the corporation. However, in a number of cases, there are acts against the law because the decisions taken are not in accordance with the provisions or even deliberately ignoring the applicable rules," he said.
In addition, the KPK also explained that there were three main root problems that often emerged in SOEs governance. The details are the loss of neutrality in the business process, abuse of authority under the guise of protecting BJR, and inconsistency of integrity in strategic positions.
"The problem of impartiality. Every process should be carried out neutrally, free from conflicts of interest, and without information inequality," said Agus.
The activity was closed with a ceremonial signing of a joint commitment by the directors of PT Pertamina, PT Taspen, PT ASDP, PT PP, and PTPN 1 to follow up on the recommendations for system improvement.
Present at this activity were the President Director of PT TASPEN Rony Hanityo Aprianto; President Director of PT Pembangunan Perumahan Novel Arsyad; President Director of PT ASDP Heru Widodo; Deputy President Director of PT Pertamina Oki Muraza; President Director of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga Mars Ega Legowo Putra; and Director of Institutional Relations of PTPN I (Supporting Co) Tio Handoko.
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