SURABAYA-JAYA NEWS.COM – Amidst the ongoing scandal of alleged systemic corruption in the 2017–2019 livestock grant program in East Java, support for decisive anti-corruption measures has come from various strategic elements. Held at the East Java Provincial Livestock Service Office (July 21),
The Regional Leadership Council (DPW) of the Embrace of Indonesian Journalists and Institutions (RAJAWALI), along with several East Java Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and law enforcement officials, expressed their shared commitment to promoting a clean, transparent, and impartial legal process.
The hearing and mediation forum held today was attended by representatives from RAJWALI, the East Java LKPP (National Agency for the Promotion of Public Relations), the LPKK (Regional Development Planning Agency for the Promotion of Public Relations), GEMPITA, GERHANA, and the East Java MAKI BP (Regional Development Planning Agency for the Promotion of Public Relations), as well as police representatives from the East Java Regional Police and the Gayungan Sector Police. The meeting resulted in a joint statement: full support for the Animal Husbandry Service’s efforts to uncover the livestock grant corruption scheme and bring those responsible to justice.
LETTER OF SUPPORT: NOT A SHIELD, BUT A COMMITMENT
The letter of support, signed by the parties, represents a form of moral and institutional legitimacy for the Animal Husbandry Service’s reformist stance. This support is not offered as a defense of the institution, but as a reinforcement of the clean intentions of courageously pursuing legal action to reform the livestock sector, which has long been prone to bureaucratic rent-seeking practices.
The letter of support includes:
Encouragement for the Animal Husbandry Service to immediately follow up on all findings of misappropriation of livestock grant funds;
Request for full transparency of all data on recipients, partners, and procurement contracts for 2017–2019;
Emphasis that the legal process should not stop at the technical staff level, but should target structural actors who have historically been immune from accountability.
SYNCHRONIZING STREET DEMAND AND FORMAL SUPPORT
This letter of support followed a large demonstration held on the same day by a civil society alliance, affected livestock farmers, and budget oversight organizations. The demonstration demanded:
1. A retrospective audit of the entire livestock grant program by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) and the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP);
2. The dismissal and legal proceedings against officials found to have abused their authority;
3. An investigation into the role of partners and private parties in fictitious distribution schemes;
4. A complete reform of the livestock aid distribution system in East Java.
The demonstration exerted moral and political pressure on the local government to no longer hide behind administrative procedures.
The Chairman of the East Java Regional Leadership Council (DPW) of Rajawali, Sujatmiko, emphasized that the community would not back down.
“This scandal is not just a procedural violation. It’s a betrayal of the state budget. Public aid was manipulated into fictitious figures, and livestock remained only names on report cards,” he said.**
Author: RAJAWALI TEAM
Source: East Java RAJAWALI Regional Leadership Council
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