Mahfud MD Affirms Cak Imin's Summons By KPK Is Not Legal Politization

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD (ANTARA)

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD assessed that the summons of Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was not politicization. Request for information should be considered as normal.

This was conveyed by Mahfud in response to the assumption that the summoning of the General Chairperson of the National Awakening Party (PKB) by the KPK was a form of politicization. This is because Cak Imin was recently announced as a vice presidential candidate who accompanied Anies Baswedan.

"In the case of Muhaimin's summons by the KPK, I believe it is a request for ordinary information on cases that have been in process for a long time," Mahfud said in a written statement, Tuesday, September 5.

Mahfud asked all parties to refrain from talking about politicization. "Muhaimin was not summoned as a suspect but was asked for information to complete the information on the ongoing case," he said.

Moreover, the summons for a request for information is common. Mahfud even said that he had experienced the same thing as the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) Akil Mochtar, who was caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT).

At that time, he was asked if he knew or not Akil until another question about the action. "After that, go home, no more than 30 minutes," he said.

"In my opinion, in this case, Muhaimin was only asked for such information to connect the series of events so that the case became clear," continued Mahfud.

Previously, the anti-corruption commission would ask for information from Cak Imin because he had served as Minister of Manpower for the 2009-2014 period in the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's leadership. However, the General Chairperson of the National Awakening Party (PKB) could not attend because he had to visit the scheduled event.

"I have been scheduled by Jami'atul Quro' friend wal Huffadz (JQH) of the organization of hafiz and qori Quran NU, so I have been scheduled for a long time to open the MTQ International forum from many countries, as deputy chairman of the DPR I have to open it," said Cak Imin, quoted from Najwa Shihab's Youtube account which aired on Monday night, September 4.

This reason made Cak Imin ask the KPK to postpone the examination. In the future, he ensures that he will be present to fulfill the investigator's summons and is ready to explain whatever he knows.

"I have to respect and fully support all KPK measures. I am committed, that's why I was asked to come by the KPK several times, I came and I explained everything," he said.

In the case of corruption in the TKI protection system, the KPK said that three suspects had been named. Although not yet announced, the Secretary of the Planning and Development Agency of the Ministry of Manpower I Nyoman Darmanta is reportedly involved.

The value of the information system procurement project that is suspected to be the result of the perpetrators reached around Rp. 20 billion. Deputy Chairman Alexander Marwata said that this system was allegedly corrupted until it could not be used to monitor migrant workers.

"Those who can only use computers to type and so on. However, the system itself is not running," Alexander told reporters in Jakarta, Thursday, August 24.