Arsul Reminds Prabowo Not To Eradicate The Old Mafia Instead, New Mafia Appears

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly from the PPP faction, Arsul Sani, supports Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto's firm steps to eradicate the mafia for the main weapon system (Alutsista).

"Of course we agree with Pak Prabowo so that this country does not continue to be 'played' by the mafia," said Arsul Sani, quoted by VOI from his personal Twitter account @arsul_sani, Monday, June 14. it is not easy to suppress the main weaponry mafia in its implementation. According to Arsul, do not eradicate the old mafia but instead grow a new mafia.

"However, we must remind each other, lest there be any diverting intentions, from eliminating the existing defense equipment mafia, but continuing to emerge new mafias," wrote the member of Commission III of the DPR who is in charge of legal matters.

Of course we agree with Mr. @prabowo so that this country does not continue to be "played" by the mafia .... But we have to remind each other, lest there will be a twist in that intention: from eliminating the existing defense equipment mafia, but new mafias keep appearing ... https://t.co/k0wRdAJ4pu
— Arsul Sani (@arsul_sani) June 14, 2021

Previously, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto said he chose the path of direct negotiation with manufacturers when purchasing the main weapon system equipment (Alutsista) to minimize the potential for corruption or the involvement of the defense industry mafia.

Prabowo did not deny the existence of corruption or mafia in the government. He said, all government budgets have the potential to be misused or marked up. "So now I'm doing a lot of things, I'm negotiating directly with producers. So I want to know what the actual price is," Prabowo said in an interview with Deddy Corbuzier uploaded on the channel. Youtube on Sunday, June 13th.

In addition, in order to prevent potential corruption in the procurement of defense equipment, Prabowo said his party involved the Prosecutor's Office, the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), and the Financial Supervisory Agency (BPK). The three institutions will be invited to conduct inspections before the contract is declared effective. The defense equipment procurement contract, said Prabowo, has several stages. Several conditions must be met, one of which is financial conditions. "Until the end of this trip I will ask the Attorney General's Office, BPKP, and BPK," Prabowo said.

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