In The Aftermath Of The Case Of Lukas Enembe, The Government Of Observing The Papuan Budget, Some Were Even Frozen

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Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said strict supervision of the Papua Provincial Government budget was carried out. In fact, there is a budget post that is now frozen after Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was named a suspect.

"The movement of money, the local government is now under our supervision and partly freeze," Mahfud told reporters at his office, Wednesday, January 11.

The freezing of this budget post is carried out through the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK). Mahfud said, this step was taken to prevent misused budgets.

In addition, Mahfud also stated that the law enforcement carried out by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was not only targeting Lukas Enembe. Development will continue to be carried out so that allegations of bribery and project gratuities in Bumi Cendrawasih can be revealed.

Anyone who joins Lukas to accept bribes and gratuities will be arrested by the KPK. "This is purely enforcing (law, ed) and will not stop at Lukas," said the former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK).

Previously, Lukas Enembe had been officially announced as a suspect by the KPK on Thursday, January 5. The announcement was made at the same time as the determination and detention of the Director of PT Tabi Bangun Papua Rijantono Lakka.

In this case, it is suspected that Rijantono could get a project because he colluded with several officials and Lukas Enembe before the project auction started. Communication is believed to be accompanied by the provision of bribes.

The agreement in the partnership between Rijantono, Lukas and other officials in Papua is to provide a fee of 14 percent of the contract value. Fee must be free from tax reduction.

At least, there are three projects that Rijantono got for this evil consensus. The first is the improvement of the Entro-Hamadi Road with a project value of Rp. 14.8 billion.

Then, the rehabilitation of facilities and infrastructure supporting PAUD Integration with a project value of IDR 13.3 billion. Finally, the venue environmental planning project developed outdoor AURI with a project value of IDR 12.9 billion.

After the project was won, Rijantono handed over Rp1 billion to Lukas. In addition, Lukas is also suspected of receiving gratuities of up to billions of rupiah.