Jokowi, finalist for the corrupt leader of the world

JAKARTA – The name of former Indonesian President Joko Widodo seems to have never lacked discussion in the country's political world. From his desire for three terms to the political jokes at the end of his position as number one on earth. Today, at the end of 2024, Joko Widodo or commonly known as Jokowi returns to make noise after the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) included him in the list of finalist nominations for Organized and Corrupt Personalities in 2024.

On the OCCRP website, precisely in the link to the article entitled Bashar al-Assad (https://www.occrp.org/en/person-of-the-year/bashar-al-assad), the Jokowi's name appears in second position. as a finalist for the world's most corrupt leader. The other four finalists include Kenyan President William Ruto; Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina; and Indian businessman Gautam Adani. OCCRP judges have decided that the winner for the world's most corrupt leader in 2024 is Bashar al-Assad. The verdict is in the table at the bottom right.

The 2024 OCCRP judges consist of Dr. Susan Hawley, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Alia Ibrahim, Paul Radu, Louise umur and finally Drew Sullivan. According to OCCRP, the reason Joko Widodo joined a number of other country leaders elected finalists for corruption figures comes from the public nominations that received the most online support in the world. We therefore consider it appropriate to include it.

An explanation of the OCCRP can be found in the article Behind the Decision (Indonesia): How OCCRPs Person of the Year Highlights the Fight Against Corruption, (https://www.occrp.org/en/announcement/behind-the (decision-indonesia -how-the-occrps-person-of-the-year-highlights-the-fight-against-corruption) OCCRP provided clarification on the selection process, where Jokowi's name was included as a finalist for the world's most corrupt leader.

OCCRP has no evidence that Jokowi was involved in acts of corruption for personal financial gain during his term in office. However, civil society groups and experts say the Jokowi administration is significantly weakening Indonesia's anti-corruption commission. Jokowi has also been widely criticized for destroying Indonesia's general elections and justice system to benefit the political ambitions of his son, now vice president under new President Prabowo Subianto.

“Judges value citizen nominations, but in some cases there is not enough direct evidence of significant corruption or a long-standing pattern of violations,” said Drew Sullivan, publisher of the OCCRP. However, there is clearly a strong perception among citizens about corruption and this should be a warning to those who are appointed: the public oversees and cares. We will also continue to monitor.

President of the Republic of Indonesia-The 7th Joko Widodo responded to the inclusion of his name in the 2024 list of corrupt leaders published by OCCRP. He rejected OCCRP's accusation. He asked OCCRP to put his name on the list to prove it.

“Corrupt? What corruption? What corruption?” he said, quoted from the Antara website, Tuesday (12/31/2024).

Jokowi stressed that currently a lot of slander is coming to him. Asked about the political content of the corrupt leader's appointment, Jokowi even laughed in front of journalists.

According to him, certain parties can use community organizations to make accusations. “You can use mass organizations to accuse, to create malicious intrigues, to launch criminal accusations like that,” he concluded.

Response for Jokowi

Former BUMN Secretary Muhammad Said Didu responded to the rebuttal of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, and revealed 5 groups of alleged corruption. He said the first problem was corruption aimed at gaining power and perpetuating political dynasties. The second objective is to imprison political opponents while protecting political friends. Like the case of imports of salt, cooking oil, BTS, which have just evaporated. The third cluster is linked to Jokowi's personal ambition. Said Didu said there was a sub-cluster related to this, namely related to the legacy as if Jokowi was successful, but on the contrary detrimental to the people. Like the construction of fast trains, the construction of very expensive infrastructure that leads to the bankruptcy of public companies and the loss of citizens.

“Building IKN and building airports which are not at all necessary for Jokowi's personal ambition. The second personal ambition is related to the family, we still remember the nickel smuggling case mentioned by the late Faisal Basri involving Airlangga Hartarto and Bobby Nasution, then the Medan block the case,” said Said Didu in a video uploaded to his personal social networks.

The fourth problem concerns the use of state money to corrupt the population. Saïd Didu said that the state debt was used for imaging social assistance in order to bribe the population. The fifth or final group is corruption by the oligarchs, who are the main supporters of Jokowi's power and dynasty. “Now the culmination is the provision of PSN (to the oligarchs) in various places and other facilities, it is very clear that this is detrimental to the state, detrimental to the people. You imagine the example of PIK 2 people forced to “get PSN status, and Rempang too,” he said.

The support of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) was also communicated on the official website of Theylbhi.or.id. YLBHI management assessed that there were 10 factors why the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, was named the most corrupt figure in the world, by a non-profit organization called Organization Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). “YLBHI sees that there are at least 10 factors why Jokowi deserves to be called a corrupter,” he wrote.

Furthermore, YLBHI mentioned the 10 factors that make Jokowi worthy of being called a corrupt character, among others as follows:

1. Systematic weakening of KPK2. ?Revision of the Mining and Coal Mining Act (2020)3.?Omnibus Act and Controls and Assessment Reports4. ?Nol Meritocracy system 5.? Restart the military Dwifunction6.? Public enterprises become voluntary enterprises7.?Intelidigens for Political Interests

Jokowi allegations made by Barisan are heartache

The founder of Haidar Alwi Institute, R Haidar Alwi, cannot be proven through surveys or surveys, but through trials in court. So far, no court ruling has found Jokowi guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption.

In fact, the allegations of organized crime during the presidential election to win one of the candidate pairs have also not been proven before the Constitutional Court (MK). “If the methodology is correct, the OCCRP jury should not have adopted the name proposed by Jokowi. Because how can you include someone's name on the list when there is not a single court decision finding him guilty of the alleged crimes? a real mistake”, he declared, Wednesday January 1, 2025.

The 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. (ANTARA/HO-Press Office of the Presidential Secretariat)

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He said the headline pinned by OCCRP against Jokowi was just a baseless proposition from voting rights holders in polls or polls. As a result, this may harm Jokowi's reputation and reputation in the eyes of the Indonesian people, and even the whole world.

The defense of Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was conveyed by Deputy Chairman of the DPP of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), Andy Budiman. He highlighted the release of the Organizational Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), which reflects the voices of a range of grievances. “This is the voice of a heartache group that has not been able to recover from yesterday's presidential election defeat. There is a digital footprint that OCCRP is opening to the public to name the corrupt person of the year until last time December 5. So there is a poll Well, the row of sorrows mobilized the voice, “said Andy in a written message received by VOI.

Academics and criminal law experts from Trisaksi University, Albert Aries, assessed the allegations of the Organizational Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) to the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) , as a figure of organizational crime and corruption in 2024, according to which is not accompanied by evidence can be described as slander and insult to the sovereignty of the Indonesian nation.

“Allegations of corruption without legal basis and without sufficient preliminary evidence, or OCCRP's 'NGO Trial' are clearly not only aimed at Jokowi, but also at the Indonesian government. For 10 years, Jokowi's government must be full of shortcomings, but after all, there are also many good things inherited from Jokowi,” he concluded.

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