Jakarta (Antara) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he agreed with the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) recommendation that the social aid funds be used prudently to avoid embezzlement during this year's parliamentary and presidential elections. "The main point of KPK's letter has suggested that the social funds available in the central and regional governments' budgets be allocated in a prudent manner. I think what KPK has recommended is right, and I support the commission," he said as quoted by Kompas daily on Wednesday. President Yudhoyono said he has even ordered finance minister and minister of home affairs to work with the antigraft body to classify the social aid funds that must legally be used for the needy's social protection. The head of state has also asked the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) to audit all state officials' campaign funds to avoid public suspicion regarding the use of social aid funds. KPK's Deputy Chief Busyro Muqqodas said on Wednesday that the commission awaited President Yudhoyono's reply to its letter recommending that the social aid funds be managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs. The commission had sent the letter a week ago, asking the central government to allow the social funds to be managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs to avoid embezzlement during this election year. "If we receive the people's reports about alleged embezzlement of the social aid funds involving incumbent ministers or their subordinates as well as members of the House of Representatives and regional legislative assembly, we are not going to tolerate these cases," he said. The 2009 general elections had produced a corrupt regime, he said, adding that this situation should not be allowed to get worse because it would make the people's condition more difficult. "We must help the people," Busyro said. (*)

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