Mahfud MD's Hope To KPK: Rise After Falling Due To Unprofessional Leadership

Mahfud MD (DOK ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Candidate for vice president (cawapres) number three, Mahfud MD hopes that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will soon rise after Firli Bahuri is temporarily dismissed because he is a suspect. It is known that Firli was dismissed by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) because he was named a suspect in the alleged extortion or acceptance of gratuities from former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo. This case is currently being handled by Polda Metro Jaya. “ It should bounce back after being slumped due to the case of his leader who turned out to be also unprofessional until someone was arrested, there was an intervention, ” Mahfud told reporters in Banten, Friday, December 1. Mahfud assessed that eradicating corruption in Indonesia should indeed be independent. The institution must also be guarded so that incidents like this no longer happen. Sebab, intervensi terhadap lembaga seperti komisi antirasuah bisa saja tidak hanya datang dari kepala negara. Tapi juga pihak lain seperti partai politik, kata Mahfud. "In my opinion, the intervention to the KPK is not only from the president if it really exists. From others, as far as I have heard from the politics of political parties, from officials who lobby to interfere with law enforcement,” he said. “ Well, in the future there should be no more interventions, ed). The next government must ensure that law enforcement agencies in the field of eradicating corruption are truly given independence and provided with sufficient funds from the state and escorted so that they are truly professional, ” continued the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam). Previously reported, Firli was named a suspect after the case was filed by the Polda Metro Jaya. There were 30 witnesses examined as of Wednesday, November 29. Of the dozens of witnesses, three of them are former officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, namely, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, former Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi Subagyono and former Director of Agricultural Equipment and Machinery (Alsintan) Muhammad Hatta.

Meanwhile, Firli Bahuri, who has the status of a suspect, is suspected of under Article 12e, 12B or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the eradication of corruption in conjunction with Article 65 of the Criminal Code. Thus, it is threatened with life imprisonment.