Many Appreciations To Jokowi For Not Wanting 75 KPK Employees Failed At TWK To Get Fired

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Twitter @jokowi)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo finally opened the voice about 75 KPK employees who did not pass the national insight test (TWK) related to the transfer of State Civil Apparatus (ASN) status. Jokowi asked that the 75 employees not be dismissed simply because they did not pass the assessment.

This is appreciated by a number of parties. Member of Commission III of the House of Representatives Arsul Sani said President Jokowi's statement about the transfer of KPK employee status to ASN should not harm the rights of employees is in line with the decision of the Constitutional Court on the material test of the KPK Law.

Members of the Working Committee (Panja) of the KPK Bill in the House of Representatives said that the legislative and executive commitment is not to use the resulting Law, namely Law 19/2019 to dismiss or reduce KPK employees.

"If it is reduced then it happens because there are employees who resign because for example do not want to become ASN, not 'backdated' by utilizing the requirements of legislation that happens to be considered unfulfillable," Arsul said on Monday, May 17.

According to the chairman of the DPR PPP Faction, in the process of transferring the status of KPK employees to ASN, if it does not meet certain requirements, then first given the opportunity to pass. Instead of being immediately dismissed.

"So in short what was put forward by the President showed that he holds his commitment to the KPK," said Arsul Sani.

One of the representatives of 75 KPK employees, Sujanarko also appreciated Jokowi's attitude. "President Joko Widodo's statement as head of state should be interpreted as an effort to rehabilitate the good name of 75 KPK employees who have been unfounded and should have been asked by the leadership to hand over duties and responsibilities, even very potentially dismissed because they are declared ineligible to become ASN," Sujanarko said.

According to the observer of Political Communication Observer of Esa Unggul University, Jamiluddin Ritonga, Jokowi's statement opened the hope to restore the KPK's prestige in eradicating corruption.

With the remaining Novel Bawesdan and other employees who did not pass the assessment to work in the KPK, it is expected to have a vibrating effect on the parties fond of corruption, collusion, and nepotism (KKN).

"It can close the opportunity of the KPK leadership's desire to lay off 75 KPK employees. They must be immediately put to the KPK so as to warn the oligarchs not to flirt with parties who like KKN," said Jamaluddin.

Jokowi's Statement

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) insisted that the absence of 75 employees in the national insight test assessment (TWK) could not necessarily be used as a reason for the dismissal of employees related to the transfer of Civil State Apparatus (ASN) status. Tests for the transfer of ASN status should not harm the rights of KPK employees.

"KPK should be an input for KPK improvement both for individuals and KPK institutions and not necessarily used as a basis to dismiss 75 KPK employees who were declared not to pass the test. If there are shortcomings, I think there is still an opportunity to improve through education about nationality and that immediate improvement measures need to be taken at the individual and organizational level," Jokowi said.

Jokowi ordered KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri, MenPAN-RB Tjahjo Kumolo, and the Head of the State Staffing Agency (BKN) to redesign the follow-up related to the unqualified 75 KPK employees who did not pass the national insight test. The test of transfer of KPK employee status to ASN was affirmed by Jokowi should not harm the rights of KPK employees.

"I ask the relevant parties, especially the KPK leadership, the Minister of PAN-RB, and also the Head of BKN to design a follow-up that is declared not to pass the test," said Jokowi.

There were 75 employees who were declared unqualified TWK assessment. Among them, Novel Baswedan, Chairman of KPK employee who is also an investigator Yudi Purnomo, Director of Socialization and Anti-Corruption Campaign of KPK Giri Suprapdiono, and Head of KPK Task Force Harun Al-Rasyid declared ineligible (TMS). The other two employees were not present in the interview.