It Turns Out That 157 KPK Employees Have Quit Since 2016

Gedung KPK (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) noted that 157 KPK employees had resigned from 2016 to September 2020. They resigned for various reasons.

Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri said employee resignation is a natural thing that happens in organizations or institutions, including in the KPK.

"It is recorded that at least in the 2016-2020 period the data on the resignation of a total of 157 employees," he said, in a written statement received by VOI, Saturday, September 26.

The details, namely, most resignations occurred in 2016. A total of 46 people consist of 16 permanent employees and 30 non-permanent employees. Then, in 2017 as many as 26, consisting of 13 permanent employees and 13 non-permanent employees.

Then, in 2018 as many as 31 consisting of 22 permanent employees and 9 non-permanent employees. In 2019, 23 were recorded resigning, consisting of 14 permanent employees and 9 non-permanent employees.

Most recently, this year from January to September there were 31 employees resigned, consisting of 24 permanent employees and 7 non-permanent employees.

"The reasons for the resignation vary. However, most of them want to develop a career outside the KPK," he explained.

The KPK, said Ali, supports employees who want to develop themselves outside the organization and even encourages KPK alumni to become anti-corruption agents armed with experience at the KPK.

The decision to leave the institution, or stay in the institution to keep fighting from keeping the KPK at the forefront, in eradicating corruption amid conditions that are no longer the same is difficult.

"We all understand that it is not easy. Therefore we must respect these two choices," he said.