Called Will Be Fired, Novel: Old Effort, If True I Am Surprised

Documentation - Novel Baswedan (Rizki Adytia Pramana / VOI)

JAKARTA - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan spoke up regarding the news about the dismissal of him and a number of his colleagues. This news broke after there was information that several KPK employees did not pass the status transfer assessment as regulated by the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019.

In the law, it was stated that KPK employees who had previously been independent had changed to become the State Civil Apparatus (ASN). In the process, there were several assessments carried out, including a national insight test.

"Yes, that's right, I heard the information", Novel said when contacted by VOI, Tuesday, May 4.

He said that the effort to get rid of KPK employees with integrity was actually not the first time this had happened. However, if in the end, this effort becomes a reality, of course, it will be surprising because it seems that it was carried out by the head of the anti-graft commission.

"The effort to get rid of good people and integrity from the KPK is an old effort that is being carried out. If the information is correct, of course, I will be surprised", he said.

"Because this is the first time this effort has been carried out by the KPK leadership itself", added the senior investigator.

Previously reported, the KPK was said to be going to fire a number of its employees, including Novel Baswedan and other Heads of the Task Force.

Responding to this, KPK spokesman Ali Fikri said that his party had indeed received the results of the national insight test from the State Civil Service Agency (BKN). This result was received by the anti-gas commission on April 27 yesterday.

"However, the results so far are not yet known because the information we received from the data has not been announced", Ali said in a written statement to reporters, Monday, May 3.

Meanwhile, regarding the news circulating, Ali admitted that he did not know in more detail. He said he would only clarify with the employee assessment results.

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

The Corruption Eradication Commission recently collaborated with the National Civil Service Agency (BKN) to conduct 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 ASN.

In this process, 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.