Capim Dominated By Men, KPK: Best Srikandi Can Register And Join In Eradicating Corruption

KPK Spokesperson Tessa Mahardika told reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, July 12. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) invites women to register themselves as leaders. Their role is also needed to eradicate corruption in the country.

"We encourage heroines in Indonesia to participate in eradicating corruption by registering as candidates for KPK leadership," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika to reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, July 12.

Tessa said women and men had the same opportunity to participate in the selection. "So let's be for those who have the capacity, who want to change Indonesia free of corruption to register and support the eradication of corruption in Indonesia in the future," said the spokesman with the investigator's background.

Previously reported, Deputy Chairperson and Member of the Capim Pansel and KPK Supervisory Board Arif Satria said there were already 107 people who had registered as candidates for the head of the anti-corruption commission to this day, Friday, July 12. This number is dominated by men.

"(Candidate, red) the leader first. The 105 male (people have registered, red) and two female (people, ed)," Arif said in a public discussion held online, Friday, July 12.

Arif then detailed that the most registrants came from West Java with 28 people and 19 people in Jakarta. "(Then from, red) East Java 11 people, Banten 10 people, Central Java 6 people, and the rest are still below 5 people," he explained.

"So 107 numbers (candidates, ed) of leaders who have registered," continued Arif.

Meanwhile, for the KPK Supervisory Board, the total number of applicants who entered reached 87 people. "There are 11 more women (there are, red). There are 76 men," said Arif.

The distribution of the most candidates for the KPK Council came from West Java. "DKI Jakarta (also, ed) still dominates from the source of the candidate," he said.

Diberitakan sebelumnya, pendaftaran capim dan calon dewas KPK dibuka selama 20 hari, yaitu pada 26 Juni hingga 15 Juli 2024. Pendaftar harus terlebih dahulu membuat akun di laman https://apel.setneg.go.id.

The enthusiast will go through the registration process and other stages of selection. Then, 10 names of candidates and 10 names of candidates for the KPK council will be submitted to President Joko Widodo to be forwarded to the DPR.