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Prevention should be key in antigraft campaign: Jokowi
“Corruption eradication [efforts] should address the root of the problem. [Graft] prevention is a more fundamental way [to address the issue],” said Jokowi on Thursday, adding that instilling a nationwide antigraft culture would be essential in the fight against corruption in the country.
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Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri declares South Sulawesi Governor Nurdin Abdullah a bribery suspect in a press conference on Feb. 28. (Courtesy of/KPK)
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that “extraordinary measures” were required to address Indonesia’s long-running graft problems, calling on law enforcement institutions to prioritize prevention measures in a move to address the “fundamental” issues in the country’s antigraft campaign.
In his speech to commemorate International Anti-Corruption Day on Thursday, Jokowi said that methods to tackle corruption should continue to be improved, calling on law enforcement institutions to move away from high-profile arrests and sting operations, in favor of less-disruptive campaigns on corruption prevention measures.
“Corruption eradication [efforts] should address the root of the problem. [Graft] prevention is a more fundamental way [to address the issue],” said Jokowi on Thursday, adding that instilling nationwide antigraft culture would be essential in the fight against corruption in the country.
Implementing a good anticorruption system would go a long way to help the country raise its economic competitiveness, making Indonesia more attractive to investments, and in turn, creating more jobs, Jokowi added.
“Enforcement efforts are also important and must be carried out firmly and indiscriminately. Not only will this give a deterrent effect [for others], but it is also important to recover state losses,” said Jokowi.
The President also encouraged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to use money laundering charges in indicting graft suspects to maximize the recovery of state assets.
He said the government supported the passage of a draft bill on asset recovery, adding that he hoped the deliberation process of the bill would be finished by next year.
