What Study and Recommendations Did the KPK Submit to Prabowo and the DPR?

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has submitted the results of a study and recommendations from its Monitoring Directorate on political party governance to President Prabowo Subianto and DPR Speaker Puan Maharani. This step follows findings in the study indicating that weaknesses in the cadre development process within political parties pose a significant risk of triggering money politics practices and corruption offences. “The KPK itself has reported and officially conveyed the study results along with the recommendation points to the President and the Chair of the House of Representatives (DPR) as a form of report to encourage the swift realisation of political system reforms,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo in his statement on Saturday (25/4/2026). Budi stated that there are three main recommendations provided by the KPK, deemed essential for immediate implementation. First, making regulatory changes to Law No. 7 of 2017 on Elections and Law No. 10 of 2016 on Regional Elections, particularly in aspects of election organiser recruitment, campaigning methods, voting methods, vote counting and recapitulation, as well as strengthening sanction provisions. Third, the KPK urges the government together with the DPR to promptly conduct substantive discussions on the Cash Limitation Bill as an important instrument in preventing money politics practices. Budi said that the anti-corruption agency believes the discussion of the Cash Limitation Bill is an urgent need due to the prevalence of money politics using physical cash. This phenomenon, he said, is considered one of the entry points for recurring and difficult-to-monitor political corruption.