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KPK RECORDS 50 CORRUPTION CASES IN GOVT GOODS, SERVICES PROCUREMENT
Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has since its establishment recorded a total of 50 corruption cases in the procurement of goods and services for the government, a minister said.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani made the remark at a ceremony marking the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Goods and Services Procurement through an Electronic Service System (LPSE) here on Thursday.
The MoU was signed between the Finance Ministry, KPK, Financial Transactions Reporting and Analysis Center (PPATK) and Judicial Commission (KY) at the finance ministry building.
The minister said based on the KPK report, the corrupted funds accounted for 35 percent of the total value of the goods and services procurement projects.
She said that up to November 2009, the government had recorded 2,100 complaints from members of the public about irregularities in government goods and services procurement.
"So far, most of the corrupt acts in goods procurement were knowingly or unknowingly committed by state officials because many of them were not aware of existing regulations on procurement procedures," the minister said.
In the meantime, she said, many of the people who had lodged complaints believed willingness to pay bribes was a decisive factor in winning project tenders.
She hoped that with the existence of LPSE, there would be greater efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, transparency and sound competition in the procurement of goods and services.
The minister said her ministry's LPSE center was able to increase efficiency by 18.42 percent or Rp220.23 billion of a total package worth Rp1.08 trillion.***
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani made the remark at a ceremony marking the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Goods and Services Procurement through an Electronic Service System (LPSE) here on Thursday.
The MoU was signed between the Finance Ministry, KPK, Financial Transactions Reporting and Analysis Center (PPATK) and Judicial Commission (KY) at the finance ministry building.
The minister said based on the KPK report, the corrupted funds accounted for 35 percent of the total value of the goods and services procurement projects.
She said that up to November 2009, the government had recorded 2,100 complaints from members of the public about irregularities in government goods and services procurement.
"So far, most of the corrupt acts in goods procurement were knowingly or unknowingly committed by state officials because many of them were not aware of existing regulations on procurement procedures," the minister said.
In the meantime, she said, many of the people who had lodged complaints believed willingness to pay bribes was a decisive factor in winning project tenders.
She hoped that with the existence of LPSE, there would be greater efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, transparency and sound competition in the procurement of goods and services.
The minister said her ministry's LPSE center was able to increase efficiency by 18.42 percent or Rp220.23 billion of a total package worth Rp1.08 trillion.***
