The government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the fight against corruption as part of its efforts to achieve clean, just governance that is capable of driving national economic growth.
President Prabowo Subianto emphasized that poverty remains a major challenge for the nation.
According to him, this problem cannot be separated from various illegal economic practices, especially corruption and smuggling of state assets.
“The challenges remain enormous. Our people still suffer from poverty, and this poverty is a direct result of corruption, smuggling, and illegal economic activities,” Prabowo said.
Prabowo emphasized that security stability and legal certainty are the main foundations of development.
“There can be no economic growth and investment without legal certainty, no justice without a clean government, and no government full of corruption,” he said.
The President also emphasized that Indonesia is a country based on law, so law enforcement must be carried out fairly without discrimination.
“The law must not be a tool of those with money. The law must not be a tool for political revenge. There must be no criminalization, no abuse of authority, and no one must be immune from the law,” he stressed.
This commitment is strengthened by the government through supervision of all national strategic programs.
Minister of State Secretary, Prasetyo Hadi, emphasized that supervision will continue to be strengthened to ensure that every program is run accountably and free from corrupt practices.
“We are committed to working as hard as we can to combat this culture of corruption,” said Prasetyo Hadi.
He explained that all ministries and institutions are under routine supervision, while the President directly monitors and evaluates the implementation of the government’s priority programs.
On the law enforcement side, the Indonesian National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps has named four suspects in the investigation into alleged corruption in non-cash fuel sales between PT Pertamina Patra Niaga and PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup for the 2009–2012 period.
Head of the Operations Section of the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Commission, Senior Commissioner Ahmad Yusuf, stated that the investigation found allegations of irregularities.
“The investigation found allegations of irregularities committed in a gradual and systematic manner through changes to the cooperation mechanism that actually benefited the buyer even though they had a history of payment arrears,” Ahmad said.
Based on the results of the BPKP audit, the case is suspected of causing state financial losses of USD 30.37 million or around IDR 486 billion.
These enforcement measures are part of the government’s efforts to ensure consistent corruption eradication in order to create a clean and integrated government.