Tasikmalaya Mayor Detained by KPK, Regional Secretary Shocked

TASIKMALAYA, KOMPAS.com – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officially detained Tasikmalaya Mayor Budi Budiman after being investigated as a suspect in the 2018 Special Allocation Fund (DAK) bribery case.

Tasikmalaya City Regional Secretary Ivan Dicksan said he was shocked and shocked by the news of the arrest of his regional leadership.

However, Ivan made sure that the wheels of the Tasikmalaya city government would continue and would not be disturbed.

“I will make sure to go to the lawyer who accompanied him in Jakarta. Even if that (arrest) is correct, I will make sure that the wheel of government is not disturbed and continues to function. We are also concerned and saddened,” Ivan explained to Kompas.com by phone, Friday (10/23/2020).

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Ivan will also immediately coordinate with Tasikmalaya Deputy Mayor M Yusuf and the West Java provincial government to ensure that government functions continue.

Furthermore, development activities and programs in the city of Tasikmalaya are ongoing, especially in an effort to deal with the spread of Covid-19.

“Later, the West Java provincial government will provide guidance to the city government for the functioning of the government. The point is that the government wheels must continue to function. Because this has to do with community service,” he added.

Ivan also previously knew that Tasikmalaya Mayor Budi Budiman would comply with KPK’s call today.

However, so far there has been no special prior notification from the KPK to the Tasikmalaya city government.

“Last night, I received information that Wali will comply with the subpoena from the KPK. But, no official information has been provided to the Tasikmalaya city government until now,” he said.

On Friday afternoon, the KPK officially detained Tasikmalaya Mayor Budi Budiman, after complying with KPK’s subpoena as a suspect in the 2018 DAK bribery case.

Budi was previously named a suspect a year ago after a KPK team search of his office in 2018.

The start of the bribery case

Earlier, Budi was suspected of having paid a total of Rs 700 million in bribes to the Head of Housing and Settlement Financing Development at the General Directorate of Fiscal Balance of the Ministry of Finance Yaya Purnomo.

KPK Enforcement Deputy Karyoto said the case started when Budi met with Yaya in early 2017 to discuss DAK’s allocation for the 2018 budget year for the city of Tasikmalaya.

“During the meeting, Yaya Purnomo allegedly offered assistance in the management of DAK assignments and the suspect from BBD was willing to provide it. share if Yaya Purnomo is willing to help him get the DAK assignment, “Karyoto said.

In May 2017, the Tasikmalaya city government introduced a regular DAK for the disaster health and family sector for fiscal year 2018 of Rs 32.8 billion and a DAK for public works and housing. 53.7 billion rupees.

In August 2017, Budi met with Yaya again and asked for an increase in the Tasikmalaya DAK funding for the 2018 budget year over the previous year, and then Yaya promised to prioritize the funding for the city of Tasikmalaya.

After this engagement, Karyoto said, Budi allegedly gave Yaya Rp 200.

In December 2017, Budi, through his intermediary, allegedly returned Rp. 300 million to Yaya after the Ministry of Finance published the DAK allocation for regional governments, including the Tasikmalaya city government.

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As a result of Yaya’s budget management and monitoring, in fiscal year 2018, Tasikmalaya city received DAK 2018 funds for Health Office of around Rp 29.9 billion, DAK regional priority around Rp 19, 9 billion and DAK from the Office of Public Works and Spatial Planning of Rp. 47.7 billion.

“Then around April 2018, the suspect BBD redelivered 200 million rupees to Yaya Purnomo, who is suspected of still being related to the DAK deal for Tasikmalaya city in 2018,” Karyoto said.

As a result of his actions, Budi is suspected of violating Article 5 Paragraph (1) letter a or letter b or Article 13 of Law Number 31 Year 1999 modified by Law Number 20 Year 2001 on the Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Penal Code.