Proposal for Political Parties to Report State-Funded Activities, Expert: Could Prevent Rent-Seeking Practices

UI election law lecturer Titi Anggraini stated that the proposal for political parties to report on state-funded political education activities could prevent rent-seeking practices within the parties themselves. “From the perspective of corruption prevention, transparency in the use of political education funds is an important instrument to close off opportunities for budget misuse and rent-seeking practices within the party,” she told Kompas.com on Friday (17/4/2026). Titi said that the proposal put forward by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) views strengthening party accountability as part of an important strategy in eradicating corruption. “Namely the weakness of internal party democracy and the strength of transactional politics,” she added. According to Titi, without clear accountability mechanisms, state assistance to parties risks being ineffective in driving the transformation of parties into institutions that truly carry out representational and substantive political education functions. Previously, the KPK through its Monitoring Directorate proposed mandatory reporting related to political education activities using the state budget (APBN). In its report, the KPK identified four points, one of which is the lack of a roadmap for implementing political education and no financial reporting system for political parties. “The KPK recommends that the initiators of amendments to Law No. 2 of 2011 (Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Law and Human Rights) and the DPR (Commission II and Legislative Body) complete Article 34 by adding a clause on the obligation to report political education activities, covering activities, participants, objectives, and outputs carried out by political parties funded by government financial assistance,” stated the KPK Monitoring Directorate on Friday (17/4/2026).