Following a large number of
state civil apparatus (ASN) who have been proven guilty of graft, Minister of
Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo has called for dishonorable discharge of those state
civil apparatus, as the court decision has reached a permanent legal force.
The order is based on the
Minister’s Circular Number 180/6867/SJ on Law Enforcement towards State Civil
Apparatus who Commits Criminal Acts of Corruption dated 10 September 2018,
addressed to all regents/mayors throughout Indonesia.
The Minister went on to say
that corruption is an extraordinary crime that must be eradicated in an
extraordinary way and strict sanctions must be imposed on those who commit it,
adding that the sentence could hopefully create a deterrent effect.
To that end, Tjahjo has
ordered all regents/mayors throughout Indonesia to impose dishonorable
discharge immediately for state civil apparatus who commits graft and has
received a District Court decision that is legally binding in accordance with
the provisions of the prevailing laws and regulations.
“With the issuance of this
Circular, Circular Number 800/4329/SJ dated 29 October 2012 is revoked and
declared invalid,” Tjahjo said.
A copy of the Circular is
also forwarded to the President, Minister of the Empowerment of State Civil
Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reforms, Head of the State Civil Service Agency
(BKN), and Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission.
For the record, data from
the BKN shows that to date there are 2,357 state civil apparatus who are
involved in graft cases but are still in office.
“Out of the number, as many
as 1,917 state civil apparatus work in regent/municipality governments, 342
work in provincial governments, and the remaining 98 work in
ministries/institutions in the Central Government,” Deputy of BKN Supervision
and Control, I Nyoman Arsa, said in a coordination meeting on State Civil
Apparatus Discipline Enforcement, in Jakarta, Thursday (13/9).
Based on the BKN data, DKI
Jakarta is the provincial government that employs the biggest number of civil
servants with corruption convicts (52 people), followed by North Sumatra
province and Lampung province with 33 and 26 people respectively. Moreover, for
the regency/municipality Government, North Sumatra province is ranked first
with 265 people, and Riau Province ranks second with 180 people.
Meanwhile, the smaller
number of state civil apparatus with corruption convicts in the provincial
government level is Yogyakarta Special Region province (0), West Sulawesi
province (0), Southeast Sulawesi province (0), and Maluku province (0). The
regency/city governments that employ the least state civil apparatus with graft
convicts are Bangka Belitung province (0), Yogyakarta Special Region province
(3), West Sulawesi province (3), and Southeast Sulawesi province (4)
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