Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan (Tapsel) has been named the district with the highest integrity level in terms of being protected from corruption in the province of North Sumatra for 2022, according to the Survey of Integrity Assessment (SPI) conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of Indonesia. The SPI results were announced to the North Sumatra Provincial Government officials during a virtual meeting that was held on May 9, 2022. Tapsel obtained an SPI index score of 80.02, which is the highest score for a district in North Sumatra, with the category of Integrity Being Maintained (green) – a score that is above the average integrity index score of other districts in the province of 72.9.
The SPI survey was carried out from April to May 2022. First, data from the respondents were collected and then submitted to the KPK for further processing, following which the selected respondents were given a questionnaire to complete. The questionnaire filling process began in July 2022 and ended in October 2022. KPK contacted the selected respondents via WhatsApp or email, from the initial stage to the time the survey results were determined.
During the virtual meeting, Tapsel Regent Dolly Pasaribu expressed gratitude to Deputy Coordinator and Supervision for Region I, the SPI Expert Team, and all the internal, external, and expert respondents who participated in the survey with honesty and being responsible. Pasaribu hoped that the implementation of the SPI in 2023 would be further improved.
The virtual meeting was attended by officials from the North Sumatra Provincial Government, the acting secretary of Tapsel, the Inspector of Tapsel, the Head of the State Personnel Agency of Tapsel, the Head of the Transportation Office of Tapsel, the acting Head of the Public Works and Housing Office of Tapsel, the Secretary of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Office of Tapsel, the Secretary of the Tapsel Inspectorate, the Secretary of the Tapsel Education Office, the Inspector of Region III, the Representative of the Tapsel Integrated Business and Investment Service Office, and the Tapsel Department of the Environment.
