KPK Says Money Politics Occurs Because People Are Not Prosperous

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that money politics is still a temptation for the community because people are not prosperous. Likewise with the low level of education in the country.

"I have to say that 50 percent of our society is not prosperous and more than 50 percent of the education level is not good. That is actually an absolute requirement if we want our democracy to be healthy," said KPK Deputy Chair Alexander Marwata in a press conference broadcast on the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Monday, August 14.

Alexander said that the public as voters must have integrity. The key is to refuse every gift from candidates who advance in political contestation.

Moreover, these gifts usually come from illegal money received by officials. This is reinforced by various surveys, including from the KPK.

"The money distributed, among others, comes from allegations of irregularities or corruption, automatically related to the budget, both the APBN and the APBD," he said.

Not only that, Alexander also said that the public must have the courage to report the alleged corruption that occurred. "The problem is, once again, we must also convey this, it turns out that not all of these people want to report the fraudulent acts they know about," he said.

"Why? They can be worried too, 'if I report it, my position as a state administrator will be threatened' and so on," concluded.