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Member of the Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (Dewas KPK) Syamsuddin Haris/ Antara

JAKARTA - Member of the Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (Dewas KPK) Syamsuddin Haris agreed that President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) view on the results of the National Insight Test (TWK) assessment could not be used as the basis for the dismissal of KPK employees.

"Basically I agree with President Jokowi's view. Just as previously stated, the results of the problematic national insight test cannot be used as the basis for the dismissal of KPK employees," Haris said in his statement, in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Monday, May 17.

According to him, the process of transfer of kpk employee status to state civil apparatus (ASN) should not harm KPK employees as consideration of the Constitutional Court (MK) when deciding the material test of Law (Uu) No. 19 of 2019 on the Second Amendment to Law No. 30 of 2002 concerning the Commission for the Eradication of Corruption.

"The transfer of kpk employee status to ASN should not harm KPK employees. This is also affirmed in the consideration of the Court when deciding judicial review of Law No. 19 of 2019 on KPK," said Haris.

Previously, President Jokowi asserted that the results of TWK could not be the basis for the dismissal of 75 KPK employees.

"The results of the National Insight Test on KPK employees should be an input for kpk improvement measures, both against individuals and kpk institutions and not necessarily used as a basis for dismissing 75 KPK employees who were declared not to pass the test," Said President Jokowi through the Presidential Secretariat's Youtube "channel" on Monday.

The announcement of twk results on May 5, 2021 stated that out of the 1,351 KPK employees who participated in TWK, there were only 1,274 qualified employees, while 75 employees were not eligible (TMS).

"The Corruption Eradication Commission, KPK must have the best human resources and be highly committed in the efforts to eradicate corruption," said President Jokowi.

Therefore, the transfer of kpk employee status to state civil apparatus (ASN), according to President Jokowi should be part of efforts to eradicate corruption more systematically.

"If there are shortcomings, I think there are still opportunities to improve through education about nationality and urgently need to be done improvement measures at the individual and organizational level," said President Jokowi.