UNAIR NEWS聽鈥 Student Executive Board (BEM) Faculty of Law 东京热 has held another public event. Through its Strategic Review Ministry BEM FH聽聽public discussion with a topic, 鈥淩eviewing Roles and Performance of DPR in Corruption Eradication鈥 on Tuesday, April 4.
The event held on Room 303 Building A Faculty of Law UNAIR was attended by about 200 students either from FH UNAIR or other universities. The committee also provided video conference for participants in other cities such as Universitas聽Bengkulu(Bengkulu), Universitas Andalas (Padang), Universitas Syiah Kuala (Banda aceh), Universitas Brawijaya (Malang), Tanjung Pura, Jambi, and Universitas Sebelas Maret (Surakarta).
The speakers were Alexander Marwata as the Deputy of KPK, Ruhut Poltak Sitompul, S.H. DPR member 2009-2016, Dr. Herlambang Perdana Wirataman, S.H.,M.A as the academician and the Head of Human Rights Study Center聽 (HRLS) FH UNAIR, also Zainudin Elzein Anti Corruption activist.
First speech was delivered by Alexander Marwata. Alex said that KPK has performed effectively so the government should not revise KPK Act.
鈥淔urthermore, the efforts of current revision will systematically weaken corruption eradication movement,鈥 he said.
Then, Ruhut supported Alex statements. He stated that KPK is a trustworthy agency to eradicate corruption.
鈥淚f there is a revision, it should increase the perpetrator punishment, not weaken KPK,鈥 explained Ruhut.
Herlambang as the third speaker explained that the current administrative system design created more opportunities for corruption.
鈥Good governance聽implemented does not prevent corruption but even promote corruption,鈥 stated Herlambang.
The last speech was from Zainudin. He said that corruption in Indonesia is dominated by procurement sectors. Eradicating corruption is the obligation of all citizens as it is an act of crime.
Public discussion moderated by a lecturer of Crime Department as well as secretary of 聽Center for Anti Corruption & Criminal Policy Iqbal Felisiano S.H.,LL.M 聽was responded positively by the participants. Many of them took part actively in the discussion by asking questions or statements to the speakers.
Author : Pradita Desyanti
Editor聽聽聽 : Nuri Hermawan
