Nadiem -claims handed over the purchase of laptops, it said the Ago said

Jakarta -Former Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim said the educational digitalization program in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the period 2019-2022 was accompanied by various agencies, including the Young Attorney General for Civil and Administrative State (Jamdun). Ago, the help in the project confirmed. Kapus -Penkum ago, Harli Siregar explained that the assistance was carried out by the State Attorney (JPN). JPN, he said, also worked and made legal recommendations related to the laptop acquisition project. “Recommendations given by the ranks of the state advocate prosecutor, so that the priority acquisition is executed in accordance with the mechanism of laws and regulations,” Harli told reporters at the Ago office on Tuesday (10/6/2025). Browse to continue the content, however, Harli said that the implementation of JPN’s recommendations depends on the decision of the institution asking or asking for help, in this case the Ministry of Education and Culture. “The help in question is therefore to give a legal opinion. And it has been said to have to be carried out by the correct legal mechanism in the implementation of Chromebook purchases,” Harli explained. Based on the investigation process, Harli said that recommendations from the technical team, the purchases of laptops on the Windows operating system should be directed. But the realization was actually changed to a Chromebook system. “From the beginning, we have conveyed what related to the case of this Chromebook acquisition position, from the technical team at the beginning that it is more for the use of Windows systems. But that is changed to the Chromebook system,” Harli explained. “The ranks of Jamdat see that it is carried out by the right legal mechanism by making comparisons between different products. It is performed or not, it is definitely part of this investigation,” he continued. Nadiem Nadiem Makarim’s explanation opens votes related to the case of the acquisition of laptops examined by the Ago. Nadiem acknowledged that the acquisition of 1.1 million Chromebook laptops not only used the Ministry of Education and Culture’s State Budget (APBN), but also the physical awards fund (roof) from the region. Despite the use of two budget sources, he emphasized that the acquisition of laptops in the regulation was right. To reduce the potential conflict of interest, he said that the acquisition was accompanied by different agencies. The proposed agencies such as the Financial and Development Agency (Ltkp). He said that the Deputy Attorney General for Civil and State Administration (Jamdatun) was also involved. “The accuracy of the by-law is the basic principle in this procurement process. These purchases use the path that reduces the potential conflict of interest with the help of different agencies,” Nadiem said at a press conference of the Minister of Education and Culture of the 2019-2024 period in the Dharmawangsa Jakarta, Jalana Raya no 26 South Jakarta, Tuesday (10/6/2025). “Kemendikbduristek does not have the authority to determine the price or collect the list of product providers. This is the principle of transparency and minimizing conflicts of interest in this procurement process,” he said again. In the acquisition of the Chromebook laptop, according to Nadiem, LPKP is the task of conducting audits. While the prosecutor’s office has been invited since the beginning of the acquisition. “We (Kemendikbudristek) invite Jamdat and invite the prosecutor’s office to oversee this process so that the process takes place safely and all regulations have been met,” he explained. He said the Ministry of Research and Technology also consulted with the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) to ensure that there is no monopoly element in the process of purchasing Chromebook laptops. “So different types of roads have been taken to ensure that the acquisition of this great, which we always know from the beginning, must be a risk (so) the guidance of different agencies,” Nadiem explained. (Ond/AZH) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here