Ghufron Concerning The Capim And Council Of The KPK: Continue Or Change President Prabowo's Authority

Deputy chairman of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nurul Ghufron said that his agency's candidate for leadership and supervisory board is the business of President Prabowo Subianto. The former Minister of Defense is said to be authorized to continue or change the incoming names.

"That then it has not been completed because as of October 21, changing president is the president's authority to continue, including reviewing again or then changing. That is once again the president's authority," Ghufron told reporters at the ACLC KPK Building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Tuesday, November 5.

He said what he conveyed was in accordance with the results of the judicial review he submitted. "(This, red) is not Pak Gufron's perspective," he said.

Even so, Ghufron did not blame the selection committee (pansel) for the capim and supervisory board of the KPK formed by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), which has recently become a polemic. He said, it was right that the process was carried out before the former governor of DKI Jakarta stepped down.

"I did not say ideally, meaning that I conveyed Pak Jokowi at that time proposing and processing because it was determined that the previous six months should have been processed by the Pansel," he said.

As previously reported, a number of parties asked President Prabowo Subianto to re-shuffle the names of candidates for the leadership and supervisory board of the KPK. This is because President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is considered not to have the right to submit it to the DPR.

One of those who refused was the Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman, who had written to President Prabowo. He urged Jokowi's recommendation to be withdrawn.

"Only Mr. Prabowo has the authority to form the KPK Pansel and ignore the results formed by Jokowi," Boyamin told reporters, Tuesday, October 22.

Boyamin alluded to 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.