KPK Employees Send Open Letter To Jokowi Asking To Delay Inauguration As ASN

JAKARTA - Permanent and non-permanent employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) sent an open letter to President Joko Widodo. This letter relates to the recent polemic over the status of civil servants to State Civil Apparatus (ASN).

In the letter, the anti-corruption commission employees asked President Jokowi to order the postponement of the appointment of thousands of employees who passed the National Insight Test (TWK) as ASN.

"Ordered the postponement of our inauguration as ASN until the completion of various problems related to our transition process as ASN," reads the open letter quoted on Sunday, May 29.

In the letter, as KPK employees, both permanent and non-permanent, they have tried to ask the KPK leadership to follow the mandate of the law in the process of transferring employee status. Including, following Government Regulation Number 41 of 2020 and Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number 70/PUU-XVII/2019 which was read out on 4 May.

"However, our request has not been heeded by the KPK leadership until now. It is evident from the issuance of an order from the KPK leadership to carry out the Inauguration of KPK employees as ASN on June 1, which will come," they said.

In addition, they also asked Firli Bahuri, et al to postpone the inauguration process until the polemic that occurred could be resolved. However, this request was also ignored by the KPK leadership.

So, in addition to asking Jokowi to order the postponement of the inauguration, KPK employees asked Jokowi to order all employees to become ASN. This request was made because President Jokowi is the highest leader so that he can deliver the order.

"Ordered all permanent employees and non-permanent employees as the KPK's extended family to be able to switch their employment status to ASN as mandated by Law Number 19 of 2019," they said.

The KPK is currently in the public spotlight. The reason is that the anti-corruption commission will fire 51 of its 75 employees who do not pass the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) as a condition for the transfer of employment status.

Previously, the KPK had held a coordination meeting to discuss the fate of 75 employees who failed the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) and were disabled. In addition to the KPK and the State Civil Service Agency (BKN), this meeting was also attended by the Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly and the MenPANRB Tjahjo Kumolo.

Meanwhile, 24 out of 75 employees may still be trained. However, they can also be fired if they do not pass the national education and national defense training.

The National Insight Test (TWK) was attended by 1,351 KPK employees. Of these, 1,274 people were declared eligible.

Meanwhile, 75 employees, including Novel Baswedan, Chairman of the KPK Employee Forum who is also investigator Yudi Purnomo, Director of Socialization and Anti-Corruption Campaign Giri Suprapdiono, Head of the KPK Task Force Harun Al-Rasyid, and Director of PJKAKI Sujarnarko were declared ineligible (TMS). Next, two other employees did not attend the interview test.