President, KPK Leaders meet to discuss conservation of natural resources

Jakarta, Mar 16 (Antara) - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to discuss the preparations for a national movement to save natural resources. "We were discussing about the preparations for the national movement on the conservation of natural resources," Acting (KPK) Chairman Taufiequrachman Ruki remarked here on Monday. Ruki stated that this movement will be organized to prevent corruption and to reform the government's public administration, especially about saving natural resources such as forestry, plantations, and marine resources. "We met the president in order to coordinate about the movement that would be signed by as many as 29 ministries," the commission's Acting Deputy Chairman Johan Budi emphasized. During the meeting with the president, the five KPK leaders have been updated about the focus of the commission's program to save natural resources, including coal, minerals, and maritime resources, noted Budi.