KPK Reveals Awareness Of Reporting Gratification Receipts Is Still Low

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that the awareness of state administrators in institutions and local governments is still very low. There are only 64 percent of the 774 institutions that have ever reported receiving gratuities.

KPK Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring Pahala Nainggolan gave an example in West Java, of the 15 existing institutions, only one reported receiving gratuities.

"In other words, awareness of reporting gratifications is very low because there are still around 36 percent (institutions, ed) who have never had a gratification report to the KPK as long as the KPK was established," Pahala told reporters at the KPK Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta. , Monday, August 15.

"Especially the local government, there are around 200 regions. We have never received a gratuity report. Even if it exists, it does not show that it is free of gratuities," he continued.

Even so, the KPK is now experiencing an increase in the number of gratuities reports. In the first semester of 2022, Pahala revealed that there were 1,811 reports that came in, an increase of 37 percent compared to the previous year.

"From the report, the amount that was determined to be owned by the state was Rp. 1,192,492,714.75," he said.

Meanwhile, the KPK revealed that its Integrity Assessment Survey (SPI) found that many government institutions still received gratuities.

This survey was conducted online with the aim of mapping the risks and practices of corruption in institutions, regional governments, to ministries at the central level.

"Every agency can see corrupt practices in the form of bribes, gratuities, abuse of facilities, buying and selling positions and others and then seeking immediate repairs," said Pahala.

"Details of last year's SPI results can be seen on JAGA.ID 2021 SPI menu," he concluded.