PDIP Reveals Alleged Sale And Purchase Of ASN Positions For DKI Provincial Government, KPK: Please Report

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri. (VOI-Tsa Tsia)aaa

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has spoken about the alleged sale and purchase of positions within the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government. Anyone who knows of this impudent practice is asked to report it.

"Please, for people who know that there are allegations of corruption in the vicinity, then report them to law enforcement," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri when contacted by VOI, Thursday, August 25.

Ali said this report was important. The reason is that law enforcement officers cannot work arbitrarily based on assumptions and perceptions, let alone opinions.

At least, said Ali, there is evidence that they must hold before following up on alleged corrupt practices. "KPK as a law enforcer, of course, does not work based on assumptions and perceptions, moreover, for example, only opinions," he said.

"However, it must be ensured because evidence is found, the process of obtaining it must also be in accordance with the provisions," continued Ali.

If there are people who report later, the KPK ensures that it will follow up. All incoming reports will definitely be tracked.

"We will follow up according to the provisions applicable to every report received by the KPK," he said.

The news about the sale and purchase of this position was conveyed by the Chairman of the PDIP faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Gembong Warsono. He admitted that he had heard various information related to the presumptuous practices that occurred during the leadership of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan.

"At the end of the governor's term, I heard many problems with our ASN in the sale and purchase of placements. How many individuals have I found," Gembong told reporters, Wednesday, August 24.

Gembong said the practice of buying and selling occurred in various positions from the village head, the section head of the regional work unit (SKPD), to the sub-district head.

He gave an example for the position of sub-section head to become section head in the same echelon at a price of Rp. 60 million. Then, the lurah position costs up to Rp. 100 million while the sub-district position is pegged at Rp. 200 million to Rp. 250 million.

This member of Commission A of the DKI DPRD said this practice had actually become an open secret. However, he accused this practice of buying and selling positions when Anies became governor of DKI.

"Nowadays there are more and more because now there are more who interfere. This means, Anies has so many teams. So, it is these hands that sometimes interfere with the SKPD," said Gembong.