Supervision Perpres Issued, KPK: Finally, After A Year Has Passed

KPK Building (Irfan Medianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nawawi Pomolango appreciates the issuance of Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 102 of 2020 concerning the Implementation of Supervision of Corruption Eradication after waiting for a year.

With the issuance of this regulation, the opportunities for the KPK to carry out supervision activities of corruption cases currently being handled by the National Police and the Attorney General's Office are increasingly open.

"Finally, after a year has passed, now the implementation of supervisory duties can be optimized," Nawawi told reporters, Wednesday, October 28.

This regulation, he continued, is important because so far many cases of corruption have not been handled optimally by other law enforcers so that they need to be supervised by the KPK.

In addition, Nawawi assessed that this Presidential Decree is the basis so that there will be no more excuses for other law enforcement institutions not to cooperate, especially in cases that have been supervised by the KPK.

"With this Presidential Regulation on Supervision, there is no longer any reason for other law enforcement officials not to cooperate with the KPK in handling cases that have been determined to be supervised by the KPK," he said.

It is known, Presidential Decree No. 102/2020 was issued after being signed by Jokowi on 20 October. In Article 2 of this regulation, the KPK is given the authority to supervise agencies that have the authority to handle corruption crimes.

Furthermore, Article 5 explains that this supervision activity can be carried out in the form of supervision, research and review. During the supervision process, the KPK can be accompanied by representatives of the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit and / or the Deputy Attorney General for Corruption Crimes from the Attorney General's Office.

Furthermore, Article 9 states that after supervision of a corruption case is carried out, the KPK has the authority to take over the corruption case.

"In the event that the KPK takes over a case during the investigation and / or prosecution stage, the agency authorized to eradicate corruption is obliged to hand over the suspect and / or defendant and all case files along with evidence and other documents required no later than 14 days, starting from the date of the KPK request. , "reads Article 9 paragraph 3 of the Presidential Regulation on Supervision which is uploaded on the official website of the State Secretariat.