The Trident of Corruption Eradication Strategy as a Change Message of the Indonesia Corruption Eradication Commission

The Indonesia Corruption Eradication Commission (CEC) has been in a dramatic institutional transition since the enactment of the second amendment of the CEC Law in 2019. As an essential response after the enactment, according to the CEC Policy Direction of 2022, the CEC’s leader decided that trident of corruption eradication as a new strategy for combating corruption in Indonesia. The strategy consisting of enforcement, prevention, and education elements as an integrated policy also became a change message delivered by the CEC to increase public trust, which dropped in several recent surveys. This study asks why the CEC chose that trident strategy and analyses its policy formulation process. Using a qualitative approach by studying official policy documents, this study results give a better understanding of the policy. Likewise, it will extend the picture of the policy’s effectiveness change in Indonesia’s democratic circumstances.