4 Leaders Called Dolls

Chairman of KPK Firli Bahuri (Photo: DOK ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Researchers of the Center for Constitutional Studies (PUSAKO) Andalas University, Feri Amsari assessed the leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) no longer adheres to the collective collegial principle. The four Vice Chairmen of the KPK even called him 'obedient' to all decisions of kpk chairman Firli Bahuri.

This was conveyed in response to the polemic of the deactivation of 75 KPK employees, including senior investigator Novel Baswedan to kpk chief of staff Yudi Purnomo Harahap.

"This is strange, the other four leaders do not understand the collegial collective," Feri told reporters Friday, May 14.

"I see other leaders are just puppets driven by the same interests towards Mr. Firli. It can't be seen any attitudes and choices," the anticorruption activist added.

He even mentioned the four kpk leaders who were supposed to accompany Firli, it was useless.

"More of them as useless people only in kpk," he said.

Furthermore, Feri also criticized the attitude of the KPK Supervisory Board who seemed unwilling to know about the polemics that occurred in antirasuah institutions. Thus, he suspects Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean et al, is part of the 'game' that is currently happening in KPK.

"For me Dewas KPK has long been suspected to be part of this game. That's why, not many of the dewas are assertive even as if they do not want to know," he said.

The polemic related to the deactivation was initiated when the assessment of the National Insight Test was conducted as a condition of transfer of kpk employee status. Those who were previously independent became the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) in accordance with KPK Law No. 19 of 2019.

The National Insight Test (TWK) was attended by 1,351 KPK employees. Of these, 1,274 were declared eligible.

Meanwhile, 75 employees including Novel Baswedan, Chairman of kpk employee forum who is also an investigator Yudi Purnomo, Director of Socialization and Anti-Corruption Campaign KPK Giri Suprapdiono, and Kasatgas KPK Harun Al-Rasyid were declared ineligible (TMS). The other two employees were not present in the interview.

Next, KPK issued a Decree of kpk leadership No. 652 of 2021 concerning The Results of National Insight Test Assessment. The letter signed by KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri and a copy signed by Plh Head of Human Resources Bureau Yonathan Demme Tangdilintin has four points.

One of them, instructing employees who do not qualify to hand over their duties and responsibilities to the direct supervisor.

This further creates polemics within the internal. Because, the officer whose name is listed in the decree is voiced and one of them is Kasatgas Harun Al-Rasyid.

He said Firli Bahuri moved secretly to disable himself and 74 other employees including Novel Baswedan. Not only that, Harun considers the former Deputy Crackdown was ear-closed to the public response to TWK and the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK).

In fact, he called the National Insight Test (TWK) that crammed dozens of KPK employees was Firli's wish. Harun claimed to have asked the truth of the news to other KPK leaders.

"I have communicated several times with other leaders, and this has been stated by other leaders it turns out that in the KPK there is no collegial," he said.

He said Firli did not hear the advice of four other KPK leaders. "The chairman of kpk who is persistent and getol encourages the conduct of national insight tests," said Harun.

Harun also called Firli smart to build a public narrative. He said Firli set a strategy to keep the other KPK leaders silent to explain the test.

"If only other leaders dared to state this to the public that 'what was conveyed by the chairman of the KPK that the implementation of TWK was the desire of the leadership collectively collegial is not true and nonsense' would have been game over this game," he concluded.