TWK's Assessment That Got Rid Of Novel Baswedan Et Al Highlighted By US Human Rights Report, KPK: The Process Is Clear

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the process of transferring employment status through the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) was not problematic and clear. All procedures and stages have also been tested by the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, and the Public Information Commission (KIP).

This was conveyed by the Acting Spokesperson for the KPK for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, in response to the report on human rights (HAM) issued by the United States Department of Foreign Affairs. In the report, Uncle Sam's country highlighted the dismissal of 75 employees of the anti-corruption commission who failed in the TWK assessment.

"On the issue of the transfer of employee status, the KPK sees the process as clear because the procedures and stages are in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations," Ali said in a written statement to reporters, Monday, April 18.

"Because the procedures and stages are in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and have been tested by the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, and even the Public Information Commission (KIP)," added Li.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) acknowledges that it respects the various views that have been directed at its institution, including those written in the human rights report issued by the United States Department of Foreign Affairs. Moreover, Ali said, this kind of thing can be a strengthening in efforts to eradicate corruption in the country.

"We believe these various dialectics and discourses are steps to strengthen the eradication of corruption in order to provide the maximum benefit to the community," he said. Previously, the human rights report issued by the United States alluded to the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) to transfer the status of their employees. become a state civil apparatus (ASN).

However, in the end, 75 employees failed, including a number of seasoned investigators, including those who handled the corruption case of former Social Minister Juliari Peter Batubara and former Maritime Minister Edhy Prabowo.

The employees who did not qualify, still from reports issued by America, were those who often criticized the KPK leadership and changes to the institution's laws.

"NGOs and the media reported that the test was a strategy to fire a number of investigators, including Novel Baswedan, a veteran investigator who successfully imprisoned the Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament and was attacked with hard water by two police officers," the English-language report said.