Firli Bahuri Et Al. Working Meeting In Yogyakarta, Saut Situmorang: Is There Really No Room In The KPK Building?

JAKARTA - Former Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Saut Situmorang, questioned the reason why Firli Bahuri et al held a working meeting in Yogyakarta.

Saut assessed that the current leadership and officials of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) are not sensitive to the condition of the community in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Not only that, but Saut also questioned why the internal meeting was not held at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta. Given that the building has a fairly large hall.

"In the KPK building, is there really no room for a working meeting? If you want to grow up in the hall there is also. So there is no sense of crisis. If the approach is tourism, it might be because of the economy. But this is the KPK. The KPK is a risky approach, all materials are discussed there are prosecutions, campaigns, and so on", Saut told reporters, Thursday, October 28.

Moreover, as he recalls, the KPK has never held a working meeting in a five-star hotel. Moreover, when Saut served as a representative where Agus Rahardjo sat as Chairman of the KPK, they never liked extravagant activities.

"In our previous period, Pak Agus didn't like hotels like that at all", he said.

Instead of wasting the money on work meetings, Saut continued, the money was used to find fugitives from the KPK, such as former PDIP party candidate Harun Masiku.

Even if you choose an out-of-office meeting, Saut suggests that the hotel you choose doesn't need to be five-star, such as the Sheraton Hotel Mustika Yogyakarta, where the meeting is currently being held.

"That money (preferably, ed) is used to immediately find Harun Masiku. It can be more useful than renting a room like that, just talking about the concept this year we want to investigate what, next year we want to make an investigation", said Saut.

"We also ask what we want to discuss there. If we want to discuss the details, it's on the 15th floor in the leadership meeting room. Just call the deputy, we fix the stalled case, we recruit again, and so on", he added.

For information, the Organization and Governance Work Meeting (Ortaka) has been held since Thursday, 27 October. On that day, there were several events including listening to the presentation of material entitled Strategic Learning: Organizational Transformation towards a Purpose-Driven Organization delivered by Ignasius Jonan.

Next, in the evening, it was continued with an indoor team building event, namely fun games and teamwork, which was attended by 55 participants who were divided into five groups.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, October 28, the event continued with the presentation of the KPK performance review meeting. Meanwhile, on Friday, October 29, the participants will head to the Ngemplak Jogja Police Headquarters to take a leisurely bicycle to the Klothok Coffee Shop in the Kaliurang area.

After the relaxing bike is done, the participants will return to the hotel to listen to the directions and the raker's decision points.

The KPK has actually responded to this. According to the Secretary-General of the KPK, Cahya H Harefa, the meeting in Yogyakarta had been scheduled for a long time but was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only that, but careful planning including budget calculations has also been carried out.

"This intensive meeting which was held in Yogyakarta had been scheduled in advance, both from the aspect of budget planning and implementation design, but it had to be postponed due to the pandemic conditions and can only be held at this time", said Cahya to reporters, Wednesday, October 27.

He also emphasized that this working meeting needed to be carried out as part of efforts to harmonize regulations and improve the organizational structure, to support the duties and functions of the KPK by the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019.