Kpk Not Involved In BLBI Task Force, Mahfud MD: If Included Inappropriate

Mahfud MD (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Legal And Security Politics (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said the government did not involve the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in the Task Force (Task Force) handling the State Bill of Rights of Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance Fund (BLBI). According to him, it is not appropriate if kpk is involved in the task force.

"If he kpk included is not appropriate. First it's because kpk criminal law enforcement agencies," Mahfud said in a video statement to reporters, Monday, April 12.

The second reason, although kpk entered into the institution of the executive clump but he is not from the government. He exemplified, the position of the KPK is the same as Komnas HAM outside the government.

Therefore, the government prefers not to involve the KPK in order to prevent the existence of inappropriate assumptions in the community. "He if he enters our team will be mistaken for a steering wheel, co-opted, and so on," he said.

"Let him work. If there is corruption from this case, he can come, he can still be supervised," he added.

Although it does not involve the KPK, the former Chairman of the Constitutional Court (MK) has been coordinating the establishment of the Blbi Bill of Rights Handling Task Force. Because, the antirasuah commission is considered to have complementary data on this case.

"I have coordinated with kpk. I need complementary data from kpk because of course KPK has other data outside of civil law that can be billed and combined into civil because the criminal has been traced. On Tuesday tomorrow I will go to KPK," he said.

Previously reported, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued Presidential Decree No. 6 of 2021 concerning the Task Force on The Handling of State Bill of Rights blbi funds. In the Presidential Decree, there are five ministries involved together with the Attorney General's Office and the Chief of Police.