Denpasar, Bali (Antaranews Bali) - Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has reminded the regional heads and prospective regional heads in the 2018 regional elections to identify various areas prone to corruption.
"A regional head or candidate in the upcoming regional heads elections should identify areas that are prone to corruption, ranging from budget planning, social assistance grants, tax levies, and employment issues, to the sale and purchase of goods and services," Kumolo noted on the sidelines of the PDI Perjuangan National Working Meeting here on Friday.
The minister made the statement following an increase in the number of regional heads recently found to engage in corrupt practices and had also been handpicked during operations conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission.
Related to the political event of regional elections in 2018, Kumolo expressed hope that the public would report candidates who make promises and engage in money politics.
"If there is any (such incident), report it to Election Monitoring Board (Bawaslu), but it must be supported by evidence," the home affairs minister emphasized.
Earlier in Bali, the local Bawaslu had also encouraged all stakeholders and the public in the resort island to make a joint commitment to fight money politics and the politicization of tribe, religion, race and inter group (SARA) issues during the 2018 regional heads elections.
"Money politics becomes our common enemy, as this practice will fuel corruption in the implementation of local government, and the politicization of SARA can potentially disrupt unity and brotherhood in the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia," Bali Bawaslu Chairman Ketut Rudia stated. (*)
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"A regional head or candidate in the upcoming regional heads elections should identify areas that are prone to corruption, ranging from budget planning, social assistance grants, tax levies, and employment issues, to the sale and purchase of goods and services," Kumolo noted on the sidelines of the PDI Perjuangan National Working Meeting here on Friday.
The minister made the statement following an increase in the number of regional heads recently found to engage in corrupt practices and had also been handpicked during operations conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission.
Related to the political event of regional elections in 2018, Kumolo expressed hope that the public would report candidates who make promises and engage in money politics.
"If there is any (such incident), report it to Election Monitoring Board (Bawaslu), but it must be supported by evidence," the home affairs minister emphasized.
Earlier in Bali, the local Bawaslu had also encouraged all stakeholders and the public in the resort island to make a joint commitment to fight money politics and the politicization of tribe, religion, race and inter group (SARA) issues during the 2018 regional heads elections.
"Money politics becomes our common enemy, as this practice will fuel corruption in the implementation of local government, and the politicization of SARA can potentially disrupt unity and brotherhood in the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia," Bali Bawaslu Chairman Ketut Rudia stated. (*)
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