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Corruption Eradication Commission (
Corruption Eradication Commission
) said ‘hot money’ amounting to IDR 5.25 billion was used
Regent of Central Lampung
Ardito Wijaya to pay off the campaign costs just made initial findings.Ardito is suspected of receiving alleged project bribes amounting to IDR 5.75 billion.
“The amount is not small, reaching more than IDR 5 billion, that is just an initial finding,” said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo when confirmed, Monday (15/12).
Budi is saddened by this fact which still shows the high costs of politics in Indonesia which means that elected regional heads have a big burden to return this capital.It is very unfortunate that the method taken is by committing acts against the law, namely corruption.
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He added that this fact also confirms one of the hypotheses in the study of political party governance that the Corruption Eradication Committee is currently conducting, namely the high need for political party funding.
Such as for winning elections, party operations, and for funding various activities such as congresses or party deliberations.
Apart from that, the lack of accountability and transparency of political party financial reports results in an inability to prevent the illegal flow of money to political parties.
“The Corruption Eradication Committee encourages the importance of standardization and financial reporting systems for political parties to be able to prevent illegal money flows,” he said.
Budi said that other fundamental problems are the weak integration of recruitment with cadre formation which triggers political dowries, the high number of cadres moving between political parties, and candidacy based solely on financial strength and popularity.
The Corruption Eradication Committee, through the Monitoring Directorate, is said to be still in the process of completing the study in question.
“And later we will submit recommendations for improvements to relevant stakeholders as an effort to prevent corruption,” concluded Budi.
The case of the regent of Central Lampung
In the period February-November 2025, Ardito allegedly received fees worth IDR 5.25 billion from a number of partners or providers of goods and services through Central Lampung Regency DPRD members Riki Hendra Saputra and Ranu Hari Prasetyo as Ardito’s younger brother.
Apart from that, Ardito also received a fee of IDR 500 million from Mohamad Lukman Sjamsuri as Director of PT Elkaka Mandiri (EM) for conditioning the project auction for three packages of medical equipment procurement at the Central Lampung Health Service worth IDR 3.15 billion.
A total of five people have been named by the Corruption Eradication Commission as suspects in an alleged corruption case related to the Procurement of Goods and Services (PBJ) and receipt of gratuities within the Central Lampung Regency Government.
They are Ardito Wijaya, Riki Hendra Saputra, Ranu Hari Prasetyo, Acting Head of the Central Lampung Regional Revenue Agency (Bapenda) Anton Wibowo, and Mohamad Lukman Sjamsuri.
Suspects Riki Hendra Saputra and Mohamad Lukman Sjamsuri are being held at the KPK State Detention Center (Rutan) Red and White Building Branch.
Meanwhile, Ardito, Ranu Hari Prasetyo, and Anton Wibowo were detained at the KPK Detention Center Branch, Anti-Corruption Education Center Building.
Ardito, Anton, Riki Hendra, and Ranu Hari are suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 11 or Article 12 B of the Corruption Eradication Law (UU Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.
Meanwhile, Mohamad Lukman Sjamsuri is suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph 1 letter a or letter b or Article 13 of the Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.
(ryn/gil)
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