"Universities or campuses have played a big role in efforts to eradicate corruption," he noted while opening the 5th Anti-Corruption Summit (ACS) at Muhammadiyah University Surabaya on Wednesday.
Speaking in front of dozens of researchers and hundreds of students, Bahuri said that efforts to eradicate corruption must not only involve deterrent measures, but must be balanced with prevention efforts and anti-corruption education.
"The 5th ACS at the University of Muhammadiyah Surabaya is one of the corruption prevention programs carried out by the KPK. This activity is also a form of synergy between the KPK and universities," he added.
According to Bahuri, higher education has an important role, including in instilling values and integrity as a producer of agents of change who are free from corruption, creating new progressive ideas, contributing to the progress of society, and educating the life of the nation.
Meanwhile, students or young people are expected to make a big contribution to eradicating corruption in Indonesia.
"Understanding the eradication of corruption is very difficult; let us carry it out with a spirit of openness, so that corruption can be eradicated and no longer exists," he said.
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Not only that, Bahuri emphasized the importance of practicing Pancasila values in every area of life.
The practice of Pancasila values will keep a person away from corrupt behavior. He emphasized that a country can be destroyed when its young people do nothing and remain spectators.
"I hope that the 5th ACS this time will give birth to important points that can encourage tertiary university to discover knowledge in eradicating corruption, so that after this various potentials can be prevented and handled through the findings of academics," he said.
Meanwhile, the Chancellor of the University of Muhammadiyah (UM) Surabaya, Sukadiono, expressed his gratitude for the KPK's trust in selecting his campus as the first private university to host the 5th ACS.
"As a tertiary institution under the auspices of the Muhammadiyah organization, UM Surabaya is very critical and cooperative for the progress of the country, one of which is through the 5th ACS agenda," Suko added.
He said he hopes that the positive synergy between the KPK and UM Surabaya will produce consensus on preventing corruption as well as internalizing anti-corruption values at universities.
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