Ex-Commissioner Saut Situmorang Questioned The Reasons For A Number Of KPK Employees Not Qualifying To Become ASN

KPK Building (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - Former Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Saut Situmorang spoke up regarding the suspicion that a number of KPK employees did not pass.

This question arises considering that those who do not pass are employees who have worked at the KPK for a long time.

"Why does someone not graduate in an institution where he or she has worked annually whose KPI has been proven?" asked Saut when contacted by reporters, Tuesday, May 4.

Saut said that the integrity of the employees at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has no doubt. Therefore, he regrets if this allegation really happened.

"People with integrity are people who definitely create value in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and this country," he said.

In addition, Saut reminded that the process of changing the status of employees to state civil servants (ASN), such as the rules of Law 19 of 2019, should not be a step to screen people who already have good performance at the KPK. Because, according to Saut, employees like this are actually needed by the KPK.

"Don't look for other justifications to screen people who are already performing and tough guys in anti-corruption law enforcement. Instead, tough guys are needed to make the country recover quickly from chronic illness," he said.

Saut also asked for an explanation from the KPK regarding the failure of a number of people which led to their dismissal. Moreover, the objective of the selection test to become ASN should be to build a better performance of corruption eradication efforts and not the other way around.

"So the aim of the selection is to select law enforcement officers who are able to build performance values, because of dedication, competence and integrity," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK is working with the State Personnel Agency (BKN) to conduct an assessment of national insight for its employees.

It's just that recently it was reported that a number of employees did not qualify so they were said to be fired. One of them was rumored to be a senior investigator for Novel Baswedan.

Responding to this, KPK Secretary General Cahya H. Harefa said the results of the employee assessment were still sealed. The plan is to announce the results of this assessment in the near future as a form of transparency.

Furthermore, Cahya explained that the assessment of 1,349 KPK employees had been received by his party since 27 April. Thousands of these employees participated in the assessment which is a requirement for the transfer of employee status as stipulated in Commission Regulation Number 1 of 2021 concerning Procedures for the Transfer of KPK Employees to ASN.

In addition, as a KPK institution, it must indeed transfer the status of employees because it is in accordance with the mandate of the KPK Law which has been revised.