Issue Of Novel Baswedan And Friends Are Fired As Investigators, KPK Answers

KPK Building (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) again caused public excitement with the news of the dismissal of Novel Baswedan and a number of Heads of the Task Force (Kasatgas). This dismissal is suspected to be related to the results of an assessment to change the status of an anti-corruption commission employee after the implementation of the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019.

Based on the news circulating, the KPK will not only fire Novel and its task forces but also a number of its employees.

Responding to this news, KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri said he did not even know about the results of the insight test which became part of the assessment. In fact, the results have been sent by the State Civil Service Agency (BKN) since 27 April.

"Until now, the leader has not disclosed the results of the national insight test. The results of the national insight test were received by the Secretary-General from BKN on April 27, 2021, and until now it has not been opened," Firli said in a written statement, Monday, May 3.

He said the results of the assessment had just been received by the KPK's Secretary-General. So, he asked the public not to speculate excessively.

A similar response was also conveyed by KPK's Deputy Chairman Nurul Ghufron. Because he has not disclosed the results of the assessment, he asked the public not to polemicize.

After all, the KPK has yet to determine the next process. "We have not disclosed the results of the national insight test from BKN so we do not know the results and have not decided on the next process," he said.

"So please be patient first," added Ghufron.

Meanwhile, Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri said that regarding the news circulating, he would clarify it with the data on the results of the employee assessment.

"The KPK ensures that it will convey the results to the public in the near future and we will inform them further," he said.

The Corruption Eradication Commission, in collaboration with the National Civil Service Agency (BKN), conducts an assessment of national insight for its employees.

This assessment was carried out as a follow-up to the status transfer of KPK employees to state civil servants (ASN).

In this assessment, first, employees will undergo a national integrity test which is carried out to assess consistency in terms of organizational values, norms, and ethics. Next, they will also undergo a neutrality test.

This neutrality test is carried out to assess the impartiality of employees to any form of influence from any party and any party. In addition, there is also an anti-radicalism test to assess employee loyalty to Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, the Republic of Indonesia, and the legitimate government.

These tests are being carried out for the first time. Because, since the beginning of being a KPK employee, they have never conducted an assessment of the three materials.