KPK Affirms KPK Council Needs Leaders With Integrity

Spokesperson for the Corruption Eradication Commission, Tessa Mahardhika Sugiarto. (DOC. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) hopes that the fit and proper test for Candidates for Leadership (Capim) and Prospective Supervisory Board (Dewas) of the KPK will choose a person who has integrity and determination to lead an anti-corruption agency to eradicate corruption in Indonesia.

"I think what is needed is a leader who of course the first to have integrity and have a determination to lead this institution to eradicate corruption in the future, not only preventing, including taking action," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika when confirmed in Jakarta, quoted from ANTARA, Saturday, November 16.

Tessa pun menambahkan selain berani dalam menindak pelaku korupsi, pimpinan KPK juga diharapkan punya jiwa kepemim kepemimpinan yang kuat dan mampu mengelola lembaga untuk mencapai hasil optimal.

"So, the point is that integrity and good managerial function, I think so," he said

Previously, Commission III of the DPR RI announced the names of 20 Candidates for Leadership and Candidates for the KPK Supervisory Board who will take the fit and proper test.

The 20 names consist of 10 names of the KPK Capim and 10 names of KPK Dewas Candidates, which have previously also been announced by the selection committee. The test will be held by Commission III of the DPR RI on 18-21 November 2024.

"So this is the name that has entered, and later we just need input from the public for the candidate," said Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR RI Rano Alfath at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta (15/11).

He ensured that the public could express their aspirations regarding the names of the candidates for the leadership of the KPK who would participate in the fit and proper test. The aspiration, he said, could be conveyed through the Secretariat of Commission II of the DPR RI at the Nusantara II Building, Parliament Complex, Jakarta.

According to him, the public was given the opportunity to express their aspirations before the implementation of the fit and proper test took place. He said the aspirations could be conveyed directly or in writing.

The ten names of candidates for the leadership of the KPK are 2024-2029 as follows: 1. Agus Joko Pramono, 2. Ahmad Alamsyah Saragih, 3. Djoko Poerwanto, 4. Fitnah Rohcahyanto, 5. Ibnu Basuki Widodo, 6. Ida Budhiati, 7. Johanis Tanak, 8. Michael Rolandi Cesnanta Brata, 9. Poengky indarti, and 10. Setyo Budiyanto.

The ten names of candidates for the KPK Supervisory Board for the following 2024-2029 term: 1. Benny Jozua Mamoto, 2. Chisca Mirawati, 3. Elly Fariani, 4. Gusrizal, 5. Hamdi Hassyarbaini, 6. Heru Kreshna Reza, 7. Iskandar MZ, 8. Mirwazi, 9. Sumpeno, and 10. Wisnu Baroto.