Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK), Moh. Mahfud MD discuss with Bibit Samad Rianto and Director of Gratification of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Muhammad Sigit in the Court on Wednesday (3/8) afternoon.

Officials of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) led by Bibit Samad Rianto and accompanied by Director of Gratification Muhammad Sigit and other members of the Commission visited the Constitutional Court (MK), Wednesday (3 / 8) afternoon. The purpose of their arrival is in the socialization of Gratification Control Program that is expected to be implemented within the Court.

"Gratification Control Program we have been run in several instances. Therefore, we expect the Court also run a program like this, "said Seeds of S. Rianto when opening the conversation in a meeting with Constitutional Court Chairman Mahfud MD who was accompanied by General Secretary MK Janedjri M. Gaffar.

After giving an introduction about the Seed Control Program Gratification, continues with an explanation of material submitted by the Director of Gratification Muhammad Sigit. He vividly describes the sense of gratification that is the provision in the broadest sense, includes the provision of money, goods, rebates, commissions, interest-free loans, travel tickets, lodging facilities, tours, free medicines, and other facilities.

Both gratuities received in the country and abroad and carried out by using electronic means or without electronic means. For examples it include an acceptance of gratuities state officials received money from the auction winner thanks, official wife get shopping vouchers and tickets to the overseas trip of her husband’s business partner, a newly appointed officials obtain the introduction of the car as a sign of business in the region and others.

Gratification Control Program is a series of control activities through socialization gratuities, gratuities control system implementation, and monitoring and evaluation that aims to increase understanding and awareness of reporting of gratuities, to shape the environment agencies / organizations that are aware and in control in the handling of gratuities, and simplify reporting for receiving gratuities .

"While the benefits Gratification Control Program, among others, to help improve understanding of the provisions of gratuity, increase awareness of reporting on graft acceptance, minimize psychological barriers gratification recipients reported to the KPK, creating a transparent and accountable control as mandated by Government Regulation No.60/2008 on Control Systems Intern Government (SPIP), "said Sigit.

Meanwhile, Mahfud MD responded Gratification Control Program as a positive program. According to Mahfud, Gratification Control Program to be an excellent program not complicated to begin in the Constitutional Court in the near future. Even Mahfud strongly agreed that Gratification Control Program can be implemented within the Constitutional Court in August 2011, by holding a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Court and the Commission."The MoU was to be carried out immediately before the Eid," pleaded Mahfud. (Nano Tresna A./mh/Yazid.tr)