KPK Chairman: Circular To Become An Internal Guideline To Prevent And Investigate Corruption In BUMN And Danantara

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Setyo Budiyanto agrees that there is an internal circular following up on Law Number 1 of 2025 concerning SOEs. This letter is referred to as a guideline for investigating or preventing corruption in state-owned companies and BPI Danantara.

"Yes, it's internal in nature, yes, it's internal in nature ... The interests, needs, and its use are not for external purposes," Setyo told reporters at the KPK RI ACLC building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Tuesday, May 20.

Even so, Setyo explained that the circular could be a guide for anti-corruption commission employees to carry out corruption eradication work. Moreover, Law Number 1 of 2025 was a polemic.

"So that's a guideline for all KPK employees, responding to what, yes, is a discussion of many people," he said.

Meanwhile, KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said a circular was issued because his party believed that the Board of Directors, Commissioners, and Supervisory Board of SOEs were state administrators as regulated in Law Number 28 of 1999.

"Yes, a circular was issued by the leadership in early May as a form of commitment as well as guidelines for all work units within the KPK," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, May 19.

"After the issuance of Law Number 1 of 2025 related to SOEs, the KPK is of the view that it still has a victory to make efforts to eradicate corruption, either through aspects of education, prevention, prosecution, or coordination and supervision," he continued.

In addition to believing that the board of directors to the board of commissioners and supervisors as state administrators, Budi said, this internal circular was signed because BUMN losses were also included in state losses. These various guidelines are expected to bring certainty to the work of eradicating corruption.

"The circular for the KPK's internal environment is to convince and reaffirm the KPK's attitude that has also been conveyed to the public," he said.

As for the snippets of the letter obtained by VOI, there are five points contained in the circular. Among them are related to the legal basis to continue to deal with allegations of corruption in BUMN and the Anagata Nusantara Power Investment Management Agency (Dantara Indonesia) to its follow-up.

In point five point B, it is stated that every member of the KPK must remain careful in carrying out their work. The principles listed in Article 5 of the KPK Law must be fulfilled, namely related to legal certainty; openness; accountability; accountability; public interest; proportionality; and respect for human rights.

Previously reported, the government passed Law Number 1 of 2025 concerning the Third Amendment to Law Number 19 of 2003 concerning SOEs. In that regulation, Article 9G states that the Board of Commissioners, and Supervisory Board of SOEs are not state administrators.

Meanwhile, Article 9 F of the BUMN Law states that the Board of Directors, Board of Commissioners, and Supervisory Board cannot be held legally accountable for losses if they can prove it.