Jokowi Prepares Presidential Decree For The Dismissal Of Firli Bahuri From The KPK Tonight

President Jokowi. (doc. BPMI Setpres-Muchlis Jr)

JAKARTA - President Ari Dwipayana's Special Staff Coordinator (Staffsus) said the Ministry of State Secretariat (Kemensetneg) had prepared a presidential decree (keppres) regarding the dismissal of the inactive Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri. "Currently, the draft presidential decree for the dismissal of Mr. Firli Bahuri has been prepared by the Ministry of State Secretariat and will be submitted to the president tonight, after the president returns to Jakarta from a working visit in North Sulawesi (North Sulawesi)," Ari said in a short message, Thursday, December 28, was confiscated by Antara. Ari said that on December 27, 2023, the Ministry of State Affairs had received a letter from the KPK Supervisory Board containing the submission of a petition for the Decision of the Council for the Violation of the Code of Ethics and the KPK Code of Conduct Number: 03/DEWAN PENGAWAS/ETIK/12/2023 on behalf of Firli Bahuri. Previously, the Ministry of State Affairs had received a letter from Firli Bahuri dated December 22, 2023 regarding the Application for Resignation from the Chair and Chair of the KPK received on Saturday, December 23, 2023. The KPK Supervisory Board (Dewas) Ethics Council found the inactive KPK chairman Firli Bahuri guilty of violating the KPK's Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct regarding his meeting with former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo (SYL). Based on these considerations, the KPK Council then imposed the heaviest sanctions for KPK personnel against Firli Bahuri, namely being asked to resign.

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin stated that the process of determining the recommendations of the KPK Supervisory Board for Firli Bahuri to resign from the position of Chairman of the KPK was going well. "I think the process is correct. The Council evaluated what was wrong and stated that there were minor, moderate, ethical, and serious violations," said Ma'ruf Amin on the sidelines of a working visit in Semarang City, Central Java, Thursday. The vice president hopes that this decision will at the same time become a place to improve in order to restore the image of the KPK as a credible and respected institution.