Visit The Ombudsman, KPK Leader Clarifies TWK Polemics

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nurul Ghufron along with the Secretary General of the KPK Cahya H Harefa, and the KPK Legal Bureau visited the Ombudsman's office.

This visit was conducted to clarify the process of transferring the status of KPK employees from independent to State Civil Apparatus (ASN) through the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK).

"This is a response to an invitation sent by ORI (Ombudsman RI) on June 4 so that the KPK can attend directly to requests for clarification," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri told reporters, Thursday, June 10.

He said the presence of the KPK also strengthened the KPK's commitment to respect the main duties and functions of the Ombudsman in supervising the implementation of public services carried out by state officials.

"Of course the presence of the KPK today also strengthens our commitment to respect the main tasks and functions of ORI in supervising the implementation of public services organized by state officials in the central and regional governments," he said.

Previously reported, representatives of 75 KPK employees who did not pass the TWK reported their leadership to the Ombudsman regarding allegations of maladministration. One of the reports the employees reported relates to the leadership's decision to deactivate them.

For information, the National Insight Test 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 Anti-Corruption Campaign and Socialization of the KPK Giri Suprapdiono, Head of the KPK Task Force Harun Al-Rasyid, and Director of PJKAKI Sujarnarko were declared ineligible (TMS). While the other two employees did not attend the interview test.

According to the employees who were declared unsuccessful, there were a number of anomalies in the implementation of this assessment. Including, questions that are considered to violate the private sphere, such as whether they are willing to become a second wife and if they are dating, what to do.