The Government Incessantly Eradicates Corruption, Takes Strict Action on Employee Violations
The government, including the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, has a very high commitment to be able to continue to eradicate corruption that occurs in their agencies. Therefore, the Minister of Finance immediately took firm action against all violations committed by a number of their unscrupulous employees.
Corruption is all that has a connection with actions that are threatened with sanctions as stipulated in Law no. 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption and Law no. 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law no. 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes. And Supreme Court Regulation Number 1 of 2020.
In a broad sense, corruption or political corruption is the abuse of official office for personal gain. All forms of government/government are prone to corruption in practice. The severity of corruption varies, from the lightest in the form of using influence and support to give and receive help, to serious corruption that is formalized, and so on. The tipping point of corruption is kleptocracy, which literally means government by thieves, where there is no pretense of acting honestly.
Regarding corruption, recently the public has been horrified by corruption cases within the government, particularly at the Ministry of Finance (Ministry of Finance) and it continues to be the focus of the attention of the Indonesian people.
How could it not be, because the agency was in the spotlight after the viral case that dragged the name Rafael Alun Trisambodo. Then, now, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia (Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia), Sri Mulyani, revealed that she had detected as many as 69 Ministry of Finance employees who had a high risk of corruption.
He then took firm steps to investigate all Ministry of Finance employees, especially those who were considered to have a high risk of committing an offense including corruption.
Sri Mulyani then asked the Inspectorate General (Itjen) of the Ministry of Finance directly to continue to provide developments regarding the 69 employees who were considered to have a high risk of committing these violations.
That way the progress of the case will be carried out transparently and announced to the public. Indeed, that is what society needs at this time, openness in the government environment. Apart from that, Sri Mulyani’s decisive action was also a form of cleaning up the dirty actions that tarnished the good name of the Ministry of Finance’s government agencies.
Furthermore, another reason for the attitude taken by the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia is because he really appreciates his employees who have worked according to the rules and also continues to discipline themselves to be honest.
Sri Mulyani stated very firmly that she would continue to clean the Ministry of Finance from all employees who had committed violations such as corruption and betrayal. In fact, in carrying out its mission to be able to follow up on all violation cases from its employees, the Ministry of Finance also cooperates with all related parties.
Meanwhile, he also said that indeed every year there are employees who have problems. He mentioned that from 2018 to 2022 there were cases where some of his employees had to be handed over to law enforcement. In other words, he also stated that cases of problematic employees such as what happened to an echelon III official at the Directorate General of Taxes, Rafael Alun Trisambodo and the Head of Yogyakarta Customs and Excise, Eko Darmanto were nothing new.
In one of the interview opportunities, Sri Mulyani even emphasized that she could apply a very disciplined level of punishment, that is, if it was possible to dismiss her, she would immediately fire the employee.
However, even so, according to him, they still have to follow the rules regarding the state civil apparatus (ASN), so that himself as Minister of Finance should not be considered too arbitrary. He then gave an example of one of the cases. The Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Finance reported that one of the tax executors received IDR 350 million from taxpayers. Then there were also those who asked taxpayers for Rp. 3.5 billion, then they were offered Rp. 1.5 billion. In the end, all of them were honorably discharged without their own will.
According to him, the dismissal or dismissal of Ministry of Finance employees is clearly a dishonorable matter. In fact, he did not even agree that there would be an honorable discharge, because according to him, stopping would be dishonorable.
It is undeniable that in every institution there are certain violations committed by a number of unscrupulous employees. This includes agencies such as the Ministry of Finance. In this case, the Minister of Finance has made it very clear that he will immediately take firm action against any violations involving his employees and is committed to eradicating corruption.
