President Jokowi: Massive, Systemic Efforts Needed to Eradicate, Prevent Corruption

President Jokowi attends the peak event of the Commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day at Istora Senayan stadium in Jakarta, Tuesday (12/12). (Photo by: PR of Cabinet Secretariat/Agung)

More massive and systemic efforts that implement the most recent technology are required to prevent and eradicate corruption, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

The President made the statement at the peak event of the 2023 International Anti-Corruption Day held at Istora Senayan stadium, Gelora Bung Karno sports complex in Jakarta, Tuesday (12/12).

“We need joint efforts that are more systemic, that are more massive, that utilize the most recent technology to prevent corruption. We need to strengthen our prevention system, including fixing the quality of our law enforcement human resources, goods and service procurement system, licensing system, and the like,” he said.

The President stated that as part of corruption prevention efforts, the Government has digitalized various services, including providing e-catalog for goods and service procurement as well as Online Single Submission for licensing system.

“Back then, there were only 50,000 goods listed on e-catalog. This morning I asked the Head of the Government Procurement Agency (LKPP) to report to me. Today, there are 7.5 million goods listed on the e-catalog. The difference is stark,” he said.

Moreover, the President pointed out that the Government also has Regional Government Information System (SIPD), National Logistics System (Sislognas), and Mineral and Coal Information System (Simbara) for ministries/institutions.

“Simbara for coal, and later it will be used for nickel, bauxite, and copper. I suppose it will also enable us to monitor how much of our natural resources that have been exploited, exported, and so on,” he said, adding that the Government is currently preparing a one map policy, which is 60-70 percent completed and targeted to be completed in 2024.

“It will be very helpful to prevent corruption. Online taxing, I suppose, is also great. Electronic certificate is also good. There should be a good application platform for everything in order to prevent corruption,” he remarked. (DND/UN) (DH/LW)