KPK Fully Supports MBG with Stronger Anti-Corruption Safeguards

Serang, Banten — The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says it will give full support to President Prabowo Subianto’s priority programmes, including Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG), while emphasising the need to strengthen corruption prevention in their implementation.

‘The KPK, in accordance with its duties and functions, also has an obligation to ensure that flagship programmes run well, are properly targeted, transparent, and accountability is maintained, and of course there must be no corruption in their implementation,’ said Aminudin, Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring at the KPK, in Serang, Banten, on the evening of Wednesday, 20 May.

Aminudin stressed the importance of enhancing anti-corruption safeguards, especially because the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) as the programme implementer is a newly formed body still building its operating framework and regulations.

‘A new institution, with regulatory framework not yet mature, with its organisation also not yet mature, then entrusted with the mandate of a national programme with a large budget, we need to ensure in its implementation that it is not misused,’ he said.

Aminudin cited several aspects of concern, including regulatory readiness, organisation, and supporting infrastructure that the programme requires strengthening.

‘When you look at governance, it could become chaotic. The new institution is still getting its footing, its infrastructure is not ready, its organisation and regulations are not ready, yet it has already been entrusted with a fairly large mandate and budget,’ he added.

He noted that MBG’s 2025 budget reached Rp71 trillion with a realisation of 72.5 per cent or Rp51.5 trillion as of 31 December 2025. Meanwhile for 2026, the budget, initially Rp335 trillion, was cut to Rp268 trillion.

‘That large budget is what pulls the KPK into the prevention arena, because when a project has a large budget, the risk of fraud or corruption will inevitably be high,’ he said.

In addition, the KPK assessed that the programme had not yet delivered significant multipliers for communities at village or sub-district levels.

Meanwhile, Dadan Hindayana, head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), on 21 April 2026 expressed appreciation for KPK’s assessment of MBG governance.

‘That statement is very important to take on board. We will study it together to close gaps that could become weaknesses in BGN’s system,’ said Dadan.