KPK Leaders Affirm That They Will Not Resign After The Basarnas OTT Polemic

Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Alexander Marwata/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has confirmed that they will not resign from their positions. They will survive even though many pressures arise after the polemic of hand arrest operations (OTT) at the National SAR Agency (Basarnas). "We will not resign until the end of our position in accordance with the law," said KPK Deputy Chair Alexander Marwata to reporters on Monday night, July 31. Instead of resigning, Alexander said, this polemic also made the five leaders more compact. This has also been conveyed to the deputy employees of prosecution and execution during the hearing. In this activity, there were hundreds of employees present. “ Those are some things that we emphasize to our fellow employees,” he said. "The meeting took place warmly and everyone was open to expressing their opinions," continued Alexander. As previously reported, the deputy employee for prosecution and execution of the KPK demanded the leadership apologize and resign from his position. Based on the electronic mail that was spread, the employees regretted the statement by the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak on Friday, July 28 after meeting with the TNI Puspom group. The meeting took place after the polemic of the appointment of the Head of Basarnas Marshal Henri Alfiandi and the Coordinator of the Kabasarnas Administration Lt. Col. Afri B. C. as suspects for accepting bribes for the procurement of equipment. "We, as grass root within the KPK's crackdown, are very concerned about the statement by one of the KPK leaders who seems to blame the officers or the field team for their hard work that has struggled to sacrifice their own safety, time, energy, and thoughts," the letter said on Saturday, July 29. It didn't stop there, they questioned Johanis' reason for calling investigators and investigators a mistake. "Doesn't the determination of the suspect also go through a long process and an expos mechanism for the case attended by the leadership and a decision applies that adheres to the principle of collegial collectives?" "Why are we working with all our efforts and safety at stake but we are also the ones to blame?" wrote the employee in this letter. In this case, Henri was named a suspect in receiving bribes with Koorsmin Kabasarnas Lt. Col. Afri Budi Cahyanto. He is suspected of reaping a fee or what is said to be a command fund of up to Rp. 88.3 billion from the private sector who wants to get a project from 2021-2023. Even so, Henri and Afri were not handled by the KPK in the end. Both are now the responsibility of the TNI Puspom because they are still active soldiers.

The KPK now only handles three private parties as givers caught OTT. They are the President Commissioner of PT Multi Grafika Cipta Sejati Mulsunadi Gunawan, President Director of PT Intertekno Grafika Sejati Marilya, President Director of PT Krandah Abadi Utama Roni Aidil.