The Impact Of The TWK Polemic On The Completion Of The COVID-19 Social Assistance Case: The Task Force Team May Be Reorganized To Lack Of Manpower

Gedung KPK (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Insight Test (TWK) polemic that occurred within the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is said to have had an impact on the investigation of alleged corruption in the COVID-19 social assistance (bansos) in Greater Jakarta which ensnared former Social Minister Juliari Peter Batubara.

Moreover, there were 75 employees who ended up being disabled because they were declared not to have passed the TWK where some of them were investigators in the bribery case.

"Of course the deactivation clearly has a huge impact (on the investigation of the case, ed)," said inactive KPK investigator Andre Dedy Nainggolan in a virtual discussion on YouTube Friends of Indonesia Corruption Watch quoted Wednesday, July 7.

There were at least a number of impacts that were conveyed by one investigator from the dozens who were declared not to have passed the TWK. First, there is a shortage of investigators working on this case.

"At least there are 10 social assistance investigators who have been disabled, there are two. In terms of numbers, of course this will be felt because investigators do not only work for one case because they are parallel with other cases," said Andre.

In fact, he revealed that in one job the investigators of the anti-corruption commission could handle three to four cases simultaneously. "That's one thing related to the number alone has decreased," he said.

Next, he also revealed that the disabling of dozens of employees had a moral impact on other employees.

In addition, Andre said the case could also not progress anything because those who already knew the ins and outs were actually deactivated on the grounds that they did not pass the TWK. Even worse, the task force that handles the case is also very likely to be overhauled or moved.

"Of course we can relate it to colleagues who handle social assistance cases and have graduated as ASN. They can be transferred or the team (which handles, ed) is reshuffled. It's very possible," he said.

Furthermore, there are other impacts that are currently visible, namely the reporting of two investigators who are in charge of this case to the KPK Supervisory Board. Andre mentioned that this was a move that could later be used by corruptors.

Meanwhile, some time ago, the supervisory board was investigating allegations of ethical violations committed by two KPK investigators in handling the COVID-19 social assistance bribery case. The report was submitted by Agustri Yogasmara alias Yogas whose name often appears as the operator of one of the members of the DPR RI, Ihsan Yunus.

"Two of the social assistance investigators reported ethically and those who reported were the people involved. Imagine the people involved," he said.

"I'm afraid that if the ethical allegations are true, it will legitimize the reporter to state that he is not involved because his statements are under pressure, the move can later be sent from anywhere," he concluded.