Nawawi Pomolango On The Issue Of Ali Fikri Being'shifted' Due To Criticism By KPK Leaders: It's Just A Joke!

Temporary Chairperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nawawi Pomolango (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The interim chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nawawi Pomolango denied the appointment of a new spokesman, Tessa Mahardika, due to the Head of the KPK News Section criticizing the leaders. He couldn't stop thinking about the circulating issue.

It is known that Ali Fikri is now only carrying out his duties as Head of the KPK News Section. In fact, he had previously conveyed the development of cases and institutional issues before being replaced by Tessa.

"There is nothing," said Nawawi in response to rumors circulating when confirmed by reporters, Saturday, June 8.

Nawawi then explained that Ali's role as a spokesperson was actually only the executor (Plt) after Febri Diansyah decided to resign when Firli Bahuri had just taken office. Moreover, the replacement plan was old but was only realized earlier this June.

"The replacement plan process has been going on for a long time. Mas Ali has been a Acting Spokesperson for a long time and now holds the position of Head of the News Section," he said.

Meanwhile, Ali spoke about the criticism submitted by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board (Dewas) of the KPK, Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean, regarding institutions during a hearing (RDP) with Commission III of the DPR RI on Wednesday, June 5. According to him, the KPK leadership must evaluate themselves after a lot of attention.

"I think Mr. Tumpak's criticism is very good to be the subject of the current KPK's evaluation, including the current KPK leadership, must conduct an evaluation," Ali told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, June 6.

In addition, Ali also hopes that all parties will participate in overseeing the process of selecting candidates for leadership and supervisory boards. Thus, the chosen person is committed to eradicating corruption and integrity.

"We hope that in the future, the KPK leadership will truly have integrity and really want to work to complete corruption agendas," he said.

Previously, the Chairman of the KPK Supervisory Board, Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean, had confided during a hearing (RDP), Wednesday, June 5. He said, KPK leaders are often resistant if they are involved in ethical violations.

"In ethics, there is a resistance from the KPK leadership if the KPK leadership is involved in this alleged ethical violation," said Tumpak.

"The summons for us to hear the statement is very difficult for us to get and the time is always carried out. Because the leadership has many tasks and so on, so we don't keep what we have scheduled. Including the trial as well," he continued.

On that occasion, Tumpak also complained about the behavior of the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, who was facing a case of alleged ethical violations because he helped the transfer of employees of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan). "There is also resistance from the KPK leadership, if the KPK leadership has been involved in alleged ethical violations as reported recently," said Tumpak.

"Yes, it is one of the KPK leaders who is being investigated in an ethics trial by the supervisory board on public reports, instead reporting the supervisory board to law enforcement officials on charges of misusing authority and defamation and filing a lawsuit to the Administrative Court and judicial review to the Supreme Court," he continued.