Continue To Fight Deactivation Until Dismissal, Novel Baswedan: This Is Not Related To Personal Interests

Novel Baswedan with Ketum PGI (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan emphasized that the resistance he carried out with 74 other employees who had not passed the National Insight Test (TWK) assessment was not due to personal interests.

This statement was conveyed by Novel after a meeting with the Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Churches (PGI), Gomar Gultom.

According to him, this resistance was solely carried out because they saw an attempt to weaken the KPK. The trick is to get rid of employees with integrity.

"That it is not just our interest that we are trying to get out of the KPK, but I am afraid this is an effort to weaken the KPK," Novel said at the PGI office, Jalan Salemba Raya, Central Jakarta, Friday, May 28.

So, if it is true that this dismissal is a form of weakening the final stage, it will need support from all parties. This is because everyone has the right to provide support for efforts to eradicate corruption.

"We also underlined (the visit, red) is not only related to our personal interests of 75 people, but we want to fight for this as a form of responsibility and a desire to fight for the hopes of society to eradicate corruption as well as possible," he said.

Novel hopes that the meeting between representatives of 75 employees who have not passed the TWK will lead to support from PGI. So, there will be more and more people who can support this struggle in order to eradicate corruption.

"I am worried that if this is allowed to happen, our hope to eradicate corruption well will be far from what is desired," he said.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of PGI, Gomar Gultom said, TWK, which is a condition for transferring employment status and blocking dozens of people, is a fabricated drama. Moreover, so far the KPK has always been harassed by certain parties.

He even said that 75 employees, 51 of whom will be fired as of November 1, are indicated to have been targeted. This is because TWK, which should improve and improve national insight, is actually a tool to get rid of those who have been dedicated.

"The 75 people are strong enough indications that this is a target," said Gomar.

During this meeting, he also admitted that he had heard a number of information from employee representatives. Including how there are employees who have always performed well in recent years but have not passed TWK.

"Therefore we are also wondering what the three of them are dealing with quite significant cases, what is behind all this," he said.

Therefore, Gomar requested that the TWK process be opened in a transparent manner by the KPK and the National Civil Service Agency (BKN). So, this polemic can be bright.

"Moreover, the president has said that this test should not be used to select who passed and who did not pass to become ASN. We are left wondering, who is actually the current head of state in this country," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK has held a coordination meeting to discuss the fate of 75 employees who failed the National Insight Assessment (TWK) and were disabled. Apart from the KPK and the National Civil Service Agency (BKN), this meeting was also attended by the Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly and MenPANRB Tjahjo Kumolo.

As a result, 51 KPK employees out of a total of 75 employees who did not pass TWK were confirmed to be fired from their jobs as of 1 November. While 24 employees may still be provided with guidance, even if they do not pass the training for state defense and national insight, they can also be fired.

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

Meanwhile, 75 employees including Novel Baswedan, Chairman of the KPK Employee Council who is also investigator Yudi Purnomo, Director of Anti-Corruption Socialization and Campaign Giri Suprapdiono, KPK Head of Task Force Harun Al-Rasyid, and Director of PJKAKI Sujarnarko were declared ineligible (TMS). Next, two other employees did not attend the interview test.