Jokowi And Bullshit About Corruption Eradication Pro

President Joko Widodo (Irvan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo will certainly not issue a KPK Perppu to cancel the KPK Law 19/2019. This statement was made by the spokesman for the Presidential Palace, Fadjroel Rachman. According to the palace, the Perppu is no longer needed.

"There is no dong (the issuance of the Perppu). The Perppu is no longer needed. There is already a law, namely Law Number 19 of 2019. No more Perppu is needed," said Fadjroel to reporters at the Presidential Palace, Central Jakarta, Friday, November 29.

Even though they will not issue a Perppu, the court has no objection to the submission of a Judicial Review (JR) by three KPK leaders, namely KPK Chairman Agus Rahardjo, KPK Deputy Chair Laode M Syarif and Saut Situmorang. Moreover, there is no prohibition for anyone to conduct a judicial review at the Constitutional Court (MK).

"Everyone is allowed, individually can. In the Constitutional Court it is interesting. To be able to run alone, to be a defender yourself, it's okay. There are no restrictions," he said.

The absence of a KPK Perppu to cancel the new KPK Law which is considered to weaken anti-graft institutions, was then responded by Indonesia Coruption Watch (ICW). ICW researcher, Kurnia Ramadhana said that his party was disappointed with the non-issuance of the Perppu.

"However, this statement is actually no longer surprising. Because, from the beginning, President Joko Widodo never considered corruption eradication to be a crucial issue and did not understand how to strengthen anti-corruption institutions such as the KPK," said Kurnia to VOI, Friday, November 29.

He even said that there was a fallacy in the statement made by Fadjroel regarding the issuance of the Perppu. This is because the KPK really needs this publication, given the many debilitating articles.

"If the KPK Law had not been revised, it would be impossible for the public to expect a Perppu from the President," said Kurnia.

This anti-corruption activist also criticized Jokowi and other Presidential Palace circles, who said that the Perppu was not issued because it was waiting for the results of a judicial review at the Constitutional Court.

Kurnia assessed that the Perppu is a right of presidential subjectivity guaranteed by the constitution. Meanwhile, judicial review is a constitutional right of citizens. So that there is no problem if the president then issues a KPK Perppu to cancel the KPK Law 19/2019.

"The reason is too far-fetched and there is absolutely no connection between the two," he said.

Kurnia also considered Jokowi as not paying attention to public votes. Because, since the Corruption Eradication Commission Law came into effect on 17 October, there have been six petitions questioning the form and material of the legislation to the KPK. In addition, many parties have also revealed that the KPK Law 19/2019 greatly weakens the KPK institution.

This law was also deemed inappropriate during the issuance process. For example, the KPK is not included in the 2019 Prolegnas, the presence of members of the DPR RI who are not quorum at the plenary session, and the KPK as the institution that will carry out the law has never been invited to discuss it.

So, Kurnia said, it is clear that the DPR and the government are united to weaken the institution.

"The DPR and the government should be embarrassed because many parties are questioning the existence of this law," he said.

If in the end Jokowi does not want to issue the KPK Perppu, then it is not wrong if the public then feels that there is something strange about Jokowi. "So far, (means) corruption uttered by Joko Widodo is just nonsense," he concluded.