Lili Pintauli Ethics Trial Declared Dismissed, Novel Baswedan: There Is An Allegation Of Protecting From Crime

KPK Supervisory Board/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan suspects that the KPK Supervisory Board's decision to abort the ethics trial of Lili Pintauli Siregar to provide protection from criminal acts.

The ethics trial against the alleged receipt of accommodation and MotoGP tickets by Lili was aborted by the KPK Supervisory Board. The reason is that he has submitted an application to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) which was later approved through a Presidential Decree (Keppres).

"Allegedly as an effort to protect Lili Pintauli Siregar from criminal responsibility for the actions in question," Novel said as quoted from his Twitter account, @nazaqistsha, Tuesday, July 12.

Not only the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Council, it is also alleged that Novel was also given similar protection by KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri. This can be seen from Firli's statement on Thursday, June 30, by stating that she did not know that Lili had submitted an application for resignation from her position.

In fact, based on the narrative of the Supervisory Board, the letter was given on June 30. Thus, Firli was accused by Novel of having lied to the public.

"The allegation of public lies by the Chairperson of the KPK, Lili resigned around June 30, 2022, her resignation letter of course was submitted to other leaders.

Novel is worried that the actions taken by the KPK are actually not just to protect Lili. However, he suspected that there were other violations that were also carried out by the leaders.

"If the complete facts of the violation are not revealed, it is most likely that Lili's actions were not carried out alone. Are there other KPK officials who have done the same? Are there any parties who are helping, trying to cover up Lili's actions," he said.

"Not being put on trial will prevent all these things from being revealed," continued Novel.

Previously reported, Lili Pintauli was reported to the KPK Supervisory Board for allegedly receiving accommodation and Mandalika MotoGP tickets from PT Pertamina (Persero). In carrying out the investigation, Tumpak et al have asked for information from various parties, including the President Director of PT Pertamina, Nicke Widyawati.

However, this trial was declared void because the former Deputy Chairperson of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) resigned from his position. The KPK Council reasoned that Lili was no longer a member of the KPK.

The resignation letter was submitted on June 30 to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). After accepting Lili's resignation, Jokowi then issued Presidential Decree No. 71/P/2022 concerning the Dismissal of the KPK Leaders.