KPK Optimistic of Prabowo Government’s Support in Tackling Corruption

Jakarta (ANTARA) — The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said it was optimistic that the government of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka would support efforts to combat corruption.

“ We are optimistic that criminal acts of corruption can be tackled with support from the current government,” KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto told journalists in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Setyo said that optimism was necessary within the KPK as it worked to eradicate corruption in the country.

“If we are optimistic, then there are approaches or strategies we can pursue,” he said.

Setyo made the remarks in response to a question about the KPK’s view of anti-corruption efforts during the first two years of the Prabowo-Gibran administration.

President Prabowo Subianto and Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming were sworn in by the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR RI) on 20 October 2024.

In the administration’s first two years, the KPK has conducted a number of preliminary inquiries and formal investigations, including 36 sting operations. Thirty-four of the 36 operations took place while Setyo Budiyanto was KPK chairman.

Those arrested in the operations included Deputy Manpower Minister Immanuel Ebenezer; Riau Governor Abdul Wahid; Bekasi Regent Ade Kuswara Kunang; Rizal, head of the West Sumatra Customs and Excise Regional Office; and Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq.

Others included Prof. Akhmad Sodiq, rector of Jenderal Soedirman University (Unsoed); Lampri, director-general for land and spatial planning control at the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency; and Bima Setiawan, the younger brother of National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) head Lieutenant General Suharyanto.