Jakarta – Transparency International Indonesia (TII) says that the three point increase in Indonesia's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) score from 34 to 37 does not mean anything significant.
TII Deputy Secretary General Wawan Heru Suyatmiko said when the 2024 CPI score is compared with the scores over the past ten years it has only increased by one point. In 2015, Indonesia's CPI score was at 36.
"Before in 2015 it began with a score of 36 and now it's 37, 10 years, meaning we only went up 1 point", said Suyatmiko at a press conference on Tuesday February 11.
This is different when comparing the CPI score over the 2005-2014 period in which it increased by 12 points. In 2005, Indonesia's CPI score was 22.
With this situation, Suyatmiko revealed that there is still a lot of homework that must be completed by the government and parliament in Indonesia.
"Even if we say that the score did indeed go up, yes, the score is like that or the ranking is much better, so in this case the government and the parliament needs to continue to maintain public participation", said Suyatmiko.
"This means, meaningful participation that is no longer artificial, yes, in various sectors including in the environmental sector, in the energy sector it's important, and maintaining a safe civil space for the growth of a just democracy", he added.
According to Suyatmiko, a substantial democracy is a prerequisite for focused corruption eradication and has an impact on the welfare of society.
Indonesia's CPI score is at 37, avoiding the zero point range where two years ago it was at 34. Indonesia ranked 99 out of the 180 countries involved. The countries that got the same score as Indonesia were Argentina, Ethiopia, Morocco and Lesotho.
"Today, Indonesia's CPI throughout 2024 had a score of 37 and a ranking of 99. That is, there was a three-point increase from 2023 to 2024", said Suyatmiko.
International organizations with the aim of fighting political corruption are routinely issuing CPI scores each year. The CPI score ranges from 0 meaning very corrupt to 100 which means very clean.
At the ASEAN level, Indonesia is below Singapore with a CPI of 84 (up 1 point), Malaysia with 50 (stagnant), East Timor with 44 (up 1 point) and Vietnam with 40 (down 1 point). Indonesia raced against Thailand which this year experienced a decline in its score of 1 point with a CPI of 34.
Meanwhile, below Indonesia there is Laos which obtained a CPI score of 33 (up 5 points), the Philippines with 33 (down 1 point), Cambodia with 21 (down 1 point) and Myanmar with 16 (down 4 points).
"The majority of countries in ASEAN experienced a decline in scores", said Suyatmiko.
[Abridged translation by James Balowski. The last part of the article covered other country's scores and the details of the indicators used in compiling the CPI scores. The original title of the article was "TII: Skor Indeks Persepsi Korupsi RI Naik 3 Poin Tak Signifikan".]
