Alexander Reveals There Are Suspended Cases, MAKI: Even though Every Year There is a Performance Evaluation

The KPK building in Jakarta (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman couldn't stop thinking when the head of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that a case had been stalled for three years. He said, why was this only discovered after Firli Bahuri was temporarily dismissed as chairman?

It is known that Firli has been temporarily dismissed by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) because he is a suspect in alleged extortion or receiving gratuities from the former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo.

"It's a bit strange for so many years to claim that there are no facilities for monitoring and evaluation, even though every year there is a work meeting that evaluates the performance and work program for the following year," said Boyamin to journalists quoted Thursday, November 30.

Boyamin then highlighted that leaders before the Firli Bahuri era never complained like this. So, this should be their responsibility.

“Previous KPK leaders have never complained like this. "So it should be, yes, if something goes wrong it is the responsibility of the KPK leadership," he stressed.

As previously reported, KPK Deputy Chairman Alexander Marwata admitted that up to now he had not been able to monitor the work of his subordinates optimally. He recently learned that there were many dispositions or orders to carry out investigations but they were not followed up.

He conveyed this after the KPK leadership held a meeting after Nawawi Pomolango was appointed as interim chairman of the KPK replacing Firli Bahuri who was a suspect. Alexander said that this disposition was related to a case at the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan).

"When we handled the case and then we determined that the suspect was related to extortion, we were completely blank, we didn't know that in 2020 there had been a public report and it turned out that the leadership had also disposed of it and carried out an investigation," said Alexander, quoted from the KPK's YouTube broadcast, Tuesday, November 28.

"But it turns out that this was not followed up, only yesterday we ordered a sprinlidik (warrant to start an investigation) to be issued," he continued.

Alexander said this condition occurred because incoming cases were not monitored due to the lack of facilities. "We don't have the tools to monitor whether the leadership's disposition is being followed up or not," he stressed.

The same thing also happened to the results of the analysis of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK). "We have given many leadership dispositions, 'conduct an investigation, conduct an investigation' whether it is carried out or not, we do not have monitoring tools," he said.