KPK Regarding Nurul Ghufron Sues For Leadership Term: That's A Personal Attitude

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed that the lawsuit by the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, to the Constitutional Court (MK) regarding the term of office was a personal attitude. He asked that this step not be linked to institutions.

"That is Mr. Nurul Ghufron's personal attitude," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, May 16.

Even so, Ali said Ghufron had constitutional rights as a citizen. So, it's legal when he files a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court.

However, Ali ensured that the lawsuit would not interfere with the anti-corruption commission's work. "So it must be separated first, whether this is an institutional policy of the KPK, or personally," he said.

As previously reported, Nurul Ghufron sued his tenure from four to five years. The lawsuit was filed with the Constitutional Court since early November 2022.

"The legal record as stated in Article 7 of the 1945 Constitution (Basic Law) during the reign in Indonesia is five years. So all periodizations of the government period should be five years," Ghufron told reporters, Tuesday, May 16.

Ghufron gave an example of the leadership of non-ministerial agencies such as the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu), the General Elections Commission (KPU), and the Judicial Commission (KY) being able to serve for five years. Thus, it would be unfair if the head of the anti-corruption commission only served four years.

"It will violate the principle of justice as stipulated in Article 27 and Article 28D of the 1945 Constitution (unconstitutional) if it is not corrected or equalized," he said.

Not only that, Ghufron also said that the four-year term for the KPK leadership made it difficult for efforts to eradicate corruption. Moreover, the evaluation of the performance of the previous leadership was considered inconsistent.