Defense of the Nadiem camp over the quiet meeting of the Prpromebook purchases

Jakarta – The Attorney’s Office (ago) office said that former Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim held a ‘quiet’ meeting with Google Indonesia regarding the acquisition acquisition of Chromebooks. How is the reaction of the Nadiem camp? Nadiem’s ​​lawyer, Hotman Paris, only mentioned that, according to an audit conducted by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (Ltkp), there was no offenses in the Chromebook acquisition process with the Ministry of Education and Culture. Both regarding the procedure, time, to price. “As long as it involves the selection process, there is no violation by LPKP as you said earlier. Ltkp statements here, (acquisition is carried out on time), exactly the amount, appropriate benefits, precise price and procedure,” Hotman claims to reporters answered questions at a press conference in the central Jakarta area, Monday (8/9/2025). Browse to continue with the content when asked again about determining Chromebook, although the acquisition did not begin, Hotman denied. He said the power of the budget user was not through Nadiem. “This is not true (the determination before the review study was issued). There were several meetings, even the budget user was not, the power of budget users was not. No mark on, there is no corruption. Centralized control system. If Windows is the price 200 to 230 dollars, it is per 3 years, “says Hotman.” While Google is just $ 30, it is indeed if it is not discussed in this Ltkp. But he said there was no suspicion about the determination of the price. So, in the loss of our reactionland, “he explained. As far as the element of the enrichment of others, it can be determined whether there is a remark practice in the acquisition of the Ministry of Education and Culture. On the event, he said that the payment to Google was not made by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The seller who pays to Google to include the Chromebook System Device Management in the laptop, and then the seller then participates in the LCPP, sells his items, “Hotman explained. So he bought a device management sold by Google, which is Google much cheaper than Windows, “he added. Google had an investment in gojek before Nadiem became a minister on the same occasion. Hotman also denied the accusation of the Chrome operation for certain parties. Makarim served as minister.