Ex-KPK Leaders: The National Insight Test Does Not Have Moral, Academic, And Methodological Legitimacy

JAKARTA - The former head of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Busyro Muqoddas spoke about the National Insight Test (TWK), which is one of the conditions for transferring the status of an anti-corruption commission employee as a State Civil Apparatus (ASN).

According to him, the test that was followed by thousands of KPK employees did not have any legitimacy.

He also said that this test should not be the basis for the KPK leadership to force 75 employees who did not pass to resign from their positions. Because, there is no doubt about the integrity of the tens of people.

"We save the KPK. Do not let the 75 KPK employees be forced to resign under any pretext. Because the national insight test does not have moral, academic and methodological legitimacy," said Busyro in an online discussion broadcast on YouTube, Friday, May 7.

He emphasized that those who also cannot be immediately considered radical and the Taliban, as is considered by many. Moreover, not all of the 75 people who did not qualify were Muslim.

"Of the 75 who have not passed, there are 8. There are 8 KPK employees who are Christians and Buddhists," he said.

"This fact shows that the issue of radicalism and taliban never existed at all," added the corruption activist.

According to him, the issue of radicalism and the Taliban emerged from buzzers. So, he considers what is currently happening is political radicalism.

"It is precisely the issue (which is developing, red) proves the existence of political radicalism, radicalism carried out by the buzzer empire which always pollutes the journey of the nation's values," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK in collaboration with the State Civil Service Agency (BKN) held an assessment of National Insights Test for its employees. This is done as a requirement for transferring employee status from independent to state civil servant (ASN) in accordance with the mandate of the Corruption Eradication Commission Law Number 19 of 2019.

However, as many as 75 employees were declared not qualified so that they are said to be fired. One of them was rumored to be a senior investigator Novel Baswedan and a number of Heads of the KPK Task Force (Kasatgas) who handled high-profile corruption cases.