The Minister Of Law Will Consult To The DPR On The Capim And Dewas Of The KPK Handed Over By Jokowi

Minister Of Law Supratman Andi Agtas/DOK PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas will consult with the DPR RI regarding the continuation of the selection of candidate leaders (capim) and supervisory boards.

This step was taken because many highlighted that the handover was carried out by the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo before he stepped down from his position.

"We will consult with the DPR first.... The attitude is now in the DPR, right, because the president (President Jokowi, ed) has sent a letter to the DPR. We are waiting for the follow-up," Supratman told reporters at the State Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday, October 23.

Meanwhile, when asked about Prabowo's opportunity to withdraw the name that had been submitted by Jokowi, Supratman did not want to elaborate further. He said, everything was returned to the former Minister of Defense.

"Depending on the president, I can't argue. The prerogative of the president is right," he said.

Previously reported, the Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman through a letter to Prabowo Subianto. He urged the recommendation of the candidate for leadership and supervisory board of the KPK which Jokowi submitted to the DPR RI to be withdrawn.

"The contents of the letter are a request to Mr. Prabowo to form a new selection committee for the leadership candidate and candidate for the KPK supervisory board," Boyamin said in a written statement to reporters, Tuesday, October 22.

Boyamin said the letter was sent via goods delivery service on Monday afternoon, October 21. "Only Mr. Prabowo has the authority to form the KPK Pansel and ignore the results formed by Jokowi," he said.

The DPR also said that it was enough to archive the letter that Jokowi had sent before stepping down. This is because he is considered no longer entitled to form a Pansel Capim and members of the KPK Council, let alone submit it to legislators for compliance and feasibility tests or fit and proper tests.

Boyamin said that this authority actually existed with Prabowo as regulated in the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) Number: 112/PUU-XX/2022 page 117 of the last paragraph and 118 of the first paragraph. Here are the details:

"That the term of office of the KPK leadership given by Article 34 of Law 30/2002 for four years and can be re-elected for one term of office has turned out to have resulted in one term of office of the President and the DPR, namely that during the five years in cash for the 2019-2024 period, two assessments of KPK institutions, namely in terms of selection or recruitment of KPK leaders.."

In this case, institutionally, the KPK is treated differently from other supporting state institutions but belongs to the institutional importance which is both independent and formed based on the law because of the independent institutional importance which has a five-year tenure, it is considered as one time during the term of office of the President and the DPR.