Firli Bahuri Turns 58 Years, Novel Baswedan: Hopefully After Retirement Will No Longer Violate The Code Of Ethics

Novel Baswedan (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri is 58 years old today or Monday, November 8. With this age increase, he enters retirement age based on Article 30 of Law Number 2 of 2002 concerning the Police.

In response to this, former KPK investigator Novel Baswedan hopes that Firli will no longer violate ethics after he is declared retired. He also hopes that the former Deputy for Enforcement of the KPK will spend the rest of his life doing good deeds.

"Today, Mr. Firli Bahuri retires from the Police. Hopefully after retiring he will no longer do anything that violates the code of ethics, acts arbitrarily, or violates the law. In retirement, hopefully, he will fill the rest of his life by doing good that brings benefits," he said as quoted from his Twitter account @nazaqistha, Monday, November 8th.

Today, Pak Firli Bahuri retires from the National Police. Hopefully, after retirement, he will no longer do anything that violates the code of ethics, acts arbitrarily or violates the law. During his retirement, hopefully he will fill the rest of his life by doing good deeds that bring benefits.

— novel baswedan (@nazaqistsha) November 8, 2021

Furthermore, he said Firli would retire at the end of this year. "Administratively, the pension is on December 1," Novel said.

Prior to serving as Chairman of the KPK, Firli Bahuri had been an aide to the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Boediono. Not only that, he has served as Deputy Chief of the Banten Police, Karopaminal Divpropam Polri, and Kapolda Banten.

In addition, he has also served as Deputy Chief of the Central Java Police, West Nusa Tenggara Police Chief, South Sumatra Police Chief, and Head of the National Police Security Maintenance Agency. While at the KPK, Firli served as Deputy for Enforcement of the KPK.

For information, the maximum retirement limit for members of the National Police is set at the age of 58 years and applies to all rank groups. However, this term of office can be extended until the age of 60 years as long as the member has special skills that need to be maintained.