Acting Chairman Of The KPK Nawawi: No Suspension Of Cases Of Participants In The 2024 Election

Acting (Plt) Chairman of the KPK Nawawi Pomolango (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Acting (Plt) Chairman of the KPK Nawawi Pomolango said the Corruption Eradication Commission would not delay cases and continue to investigate expected reports from the public involving candidate pairs (Paslon) in the 2024 election.

"We are not suspending all forms of reports. We will work according to existing mechanisms, investigations will be carried out if there are reports," said Nawawi, Monday, November 27.

He said, his party would continue to work in accordance with the provisions of the main duties and functions of the KPK in accordance with applicable laws. He ensured that the KPK would investigate cases in a transparent manner.

"There is no delay and so on because we work without tendencies regarding politics," he explained.

Met after the inauguration as the interim KPK chairman at the State Palace, Monday, November 27, Nawawi said that as soon as possible he and other leaders would discuss several ha.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has appointed Nawawi as the acting chairman of the KPK replacing Firli Bahuri who stumbled upon the alleged extortion case against the former Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo alias SYL. Firli was temporarily dismissed after becoming a suspect in the case.

Previously, Member of Commission III of the DPR Santoso asked Attorney General ST Burhanuddin to stop examining legal cases against participants in the 2024 General Election, followed by other law enforcement officers.

Responding to this, Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin issued instructions and memorandums so that complaints, reporting, and legal processes for disclosing corruption cases involving 2024 election participants were postponed. The postponement of legal handling of election participants will be carried out until the simultaneous democratic party in the next year is completed.

The instructions were addressed to the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), and the Deputy Attorney General for Intelligence (Jamintel), as well as prosecutors throughout Indonesia.

Burhanuddin in the instruction and memorandum said the delay was to avoid black campaigns or black campaigns.