Latest Perpres On Pre-Employment Cards Deemed Already Fulfill KPK Recommendations

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that Presidential Regulation Number 76 of 2020 concerning amendments to Presidential Decree Number 26 of 2020 concerning competency development through the Pre-Work Card program has fulfilled a number of recommendations they have conveyed.

"In general, the Presidential Decree issued has included points recommended by the KPK," said Acting KPK spokesman for prevention Ipi Maryati in a written statement on Sunday, July 12.

He said there were a number of changes listed in the Presidential Decree, such as the target recipients of Pre-Work Cards, types of training, types of training institutions, forms of incentives, registration mechanisms for selection processes, and implementation of this program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition, this Presidential Decree also regulates the organizational structure of the committee, provisions for executive management, selection of digital platforms and training institutions that do not need to use government goods / services, aka tenders, as well as claims for compensation can be submitted by the executive management against the recipients of the Pre-Work Card.

Anti-graft institutions, said Ipi, will continue to oversee the implementation of the Pre-Work Card program to aid communities affected by the pandemic. This pre-work card is President Joko Widodo's campaign promise in the 2019 elections.

He said that now the KPK is involved in providing input on the formulation of the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Regulation (Permenko) which regulates the technical implementation of the Rp20 trillion program for 5.6 million beneficiaries.

The KPK, Ipi continued, hopes that the Permenko that is being discussed can further regulate the implementation of their recommendations in the Pre-Work Card program. "The KPK hopes that the technical implementation of KPK recommendations will be contained in the Permenko," he said.

He said there were four implementation aspects recommended by the anti-corruption agency. The first is to temporarily suspend the fourth batch of pre-work card programs while evaluating the previous batch and making improvements for the continuation of the program.

Furthermore, the KPK requested that the implementation of the program be returned to the relevant Ministry, namely the Ministry of Manpower. In addition, the KPK also recommended that program implementers be more active in picking up the ball to register participants who were deemed worthy of receiving assistance.

Next, said Ipi, the program implementing committee also asked for a legal opinion from the Junior Attorney General for State Administration regarding cooperation with 8 digital platforms regarding whether this program was included in the Government Procurement of Goods and Services or not. The KPK also highlights conflicts of interest between digital platforms and training providers.

Previously reported, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) revised the regulations for the Pre-Work Card program. One of the points of change is the rule that requires participants to return the assistance or incentives received, if they do not meet the requirements.

Not only that, the management of the pre-employment cards was also given the authority to file criminal charges against those who falsified personal data to become program participants.

This new rule is contained in Presidential Decree 76 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Presidential Regulation Number 36 of 2020 concerning Work Competency Development through the Pre-Employment Card Program. This regulation was signed by Jokowi on July 7, 2020.