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Jokowi'€™s new ministers yet to report wealth

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has called on President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to instruct his Cabinet members to submit their wealth reports to the antigraft body

Haeril Halim (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Fri, October 2, 2015

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Jokowi'€™s new ministers yet to report wealth

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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has called on President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo to instruct his Cabinet members to submit their wealth reports to the antigraft body.

Of the six new Cabinet members sworn-in after the first Jokowi administration Cabinet reshuffle in August, only Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung Wibowo, a senior politician of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), and Cabinet Secretary, had submitted his wealth report to the KPK as of Thursday.

The KPK said that all state officials, including ministers, are required to submit their wealth reports to the antigraft body within two months of officially starting work as state officials.

'€œAs of now we only have Pramono on the list and we encourage other newly sworn-in ministers to follow suit,'€ KPK deputy chairman Johan Budi told reporters at the antigraft body headquarters on Thursday.

Johan further said that not only ministers but all newly appointed heads of state-owned enterprises must report their wealth to the antigraft body a maximum of two months after their inauguration.

The former KPK spokesman also called on National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Sutiyoso, who has so far failed to submit his wealth report after his appointment in July, adding that the position of BIN chief was a public post, thus, Sutiyoso had no choice but to submit the report.

Pramono submitted his wealth report to the KPK on Monday, nearly two months after he was appointed the position of State Secretary in Aug. 12.

'€œSince my time as a state official [began], I have made four wealth reports to the KPK. It took me a while to do it because I only received my salary record for the first time as State Secretary today [Monday],'€ Pramono told reporters at the KPK headquarters after the submission on Monday.

He said that his submitted report covered his wealth since he left his former post as a House of Representatives lawmaker and assumed the post as State Secretary. Pramono left the House post immediately after Jokowi appointed him the Cabinet position.

'€œState officials should not postpone reporting their wealth to the KPK because it is mandatory. I will be fine [if the KPK] later make my report public,'€ Pramono added.

KPK commissioner Adnan Pandu Praja praised Pramono'€™s initiative to submit his report, describing him as a '€œdiligent'€ state official.

'€œ[Pramono] routinely reports his wealth to the KPK and there is only small increase in his wealth. We hope that all other ministers will do the same,'€ Pandu told reporters on Monday.

Although it is mandatory for state officials to report their wealth, the government is yet to establish any sanctions for those who refused to submit reports to the KPK.

Separately, Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Adnan Topan Husodo urged the government to create new rules to regulate punishment for disobedient civil servants.

'€œThere should be tough punishments, because it is not only about obedience to the state but also about the integrity of state officials. If it is so important then state officials who refuse to submit wealth reports should not be given promotions as punishment,'€ Adnan said on Thursday.

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