KPK Denies TWK Related To Political Contest In 2024

KPK (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) denied the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) which resulted in the inactivation of 75 employees related to the political contestation which will take place in 2024.

This was conveyed by the KPK in response to the statement of former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesman Febri Diansyah.

"It's too far to link the implementation of the TWK for all permanent and non-permanent KPK employees with the 2024 political contestation," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Ali Fikri told reporters, Monday, June 7.

According to him, TWK is a condition for the process of transferring employee status from independent to state civil apparatus (ASN) and there is no other purpose behind its implementation. In its implementation, this test is also in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.

"KPK as one of the law enforcement officers, in our efforts to enforce and implement the law, we do it in accordance with the rules and legal corridors and not by violating the law," Ali explained.

Ali said his party would remain independent in carrying out their duties as law enforcement officers. Not only that, the anti-corruption commission also ensures that the handling of corruption cases in its institution will not consider the political and social background of the perpetrators.

"The handling of cases does not look at the political and social backgrounds of the perpetrators, but is based on the adequacy of evidence as stipulated by law," he said.

Moreover, the main task and function of the KPK is not only in the field of enforcement, as the public has been concerned about. There are other tasks that must be carried out by this institution, starting from prevention, to education on community participation in efforts to eradicate corruption.

"We need to emphasize that the main task of the function of the KPK is not only in the field of law enforcement, but there are also tasks of prevention, monitoring, coordination, supervision and education on community participation in efforts to eradicate corruption," he said.

In a dialogue entitled 'The Puzzle of Corruption Eradication', Febri Diansyah, who is a former spokesperson for the KPK, expressed his concern if the KPK was no longer independent and controlled by certain political forces.

"If the KPK can be controlled by certain powers, if the KPK can be controlled by certain political forces. We cannot imagine that political contestation will run fairly in 2024," said Febri in the dialogue.

"People only think that the 2024 contestation is just the presidential election. In fact, there are three. We cannot imagine that an independent anti-corruption institution is used to beat up political opponents, so what happens is that the oligarchy will be stronger because there is no fair political contestation," he added.

As previously reported, the 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 Forum who is also investigator Yudi Purnomo, Director of Socialization and Anti-Corruption Campaign Giri Suprapdiono, Head of the KPK Task Force Harun Al-Rasyid, and Director of PJKAKI Sujarnarko were declared ineligible (TMS). While the other two employees did not attend the interview test.

According to the employees who were declared unsuccessful, there were a number of anomalies in the implementation of this assessment. Including, there are a number of questions that are considered to violate the private sphere.

These employees who did not pass, then reported the implementation of the TWK to Komnas HAM. Subsequently, a special team was formed, led by two commissioners, namely Choirul Anam and Sandrayati Moniaga to investigate the alleged human rights violations in this test.

In addition to submitting reports to Komnas HAM, these employees also report their leadership to a number of parties, from the KPK Supervisory Board to the Indonesian Ombudsman.