Still Studying Komnas HAM's Summons, KPK Has Not Confirmed That It Will Attend Tomorrow's Summons

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Lili Pintauli Siregar (PHOTO VIA ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has not confirmed whether it will fulfill the summons for Komnas HAM on Tuesday, June 15 tomorrow. This summons is related to the alleged violation that occurred in the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) process which resulted in the failure to pass and the inactivation of 75 employees.

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Lili Pintauli Siregar said that his party was currently still investigating further the summons and explanation they had received from Komnas HAM. The goal is to ensure the information requested by the agency.

"Regarding the Komnas HAM letter, we have indeed received the letter and we are studying it to determine whether the KPK will then submit it to obtain information related to what the KPK has allegedly violated based on a report to Komnas HAM," said Lili in a press conference broadcast on Wednesday. KPK RI YouTube, Monday, June 14.

Complementing the statement, Acting Spokesperson for the KPK for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, said that the explanation given by Komnas HAM was important. Not only that, he also has not been able to confirm the presence of the head of the anti-corruption commission at tomorrow's summons.

"We will report further developments tomorrow. Currently the team is studying (the Komnas HAM reply letter)," he said.

As previously reported, the Commissioner for Monitoring and Investigation of Komnas HAM, Choirul Anam, assessed that the polemic of the National Insight Test (TWK) at the KPK was actually not complicated. Provided that the KPK leadership can come to explain the issue of the implementation of the employee status transfer test.

Moreover, all documents related to this polemic have been received by his side. Likewise, testimonies from employees have been recorded.

"Therefore, the call for Komnas HAM is interpreted as coming, bringing documents, testimony. There is no need for other arguments," Anam told reporters at the Komnas HAM office, Jalan Latuharhary, Central Jakarta, Monday, June 14.

According to him, the presence of Firli Bahuri et al to explain this polemic will also bring good because it can provide enlightenment to the public.

Meanwhile, when asked about the attempt to summon a forced summons, Anam said that legally and the authority of this matter is regulated in the law, namely Law Number 39 of 1999. "The procedure must involve the court," he said.

However, it will not use this method. This is because Komnas HAM still believes that the KPK leadership will come for the second summons on Tuesday, June 15.

"Until now, we still think that the KPK has good intentions in coming to Komnas HAM," said Anam.

For information, the National Insight Test 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 Anti-Corruption Campaign and Socialization of the KPK Giri Suprapdiono, Head of the KPK Task Force Harun Al-Rasyid, and former PJKAKI Director Sujarnarko who will retire are also declared ineligible ). While the other two employees did not attend the interview test.

According to the statements of the employees who did not pass, there were a number of irregularities in the implementation of this assessment, such as questions that were considered to violate the private sphere. These irregularities were later reported by dozens of these employees to Komnas HAM, Komnas Perempuan, to the Indonesian Ombudsman.