Komnas HAM Summons Psychologists And State Administrative Law Experts Regarding The TWK Polemic

Komnas HAM Commissioner Mohammad Choirul Anam (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) continues to investigate allegations of irregularities in the National Insight Test (TWK) which caused 75 employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to be disabled.

Recently, Komnas HAM has summoned a psychologist for questioning as an expert witness. In the summoning, a number of things were explored.

"Today we have studied (TWK, ed) with psychologists. An overview of the basic principles of assessment, methods, codes of ethics and the basic working principles of interviewing and informed consent," said Commissioner for Monitoring and Investigation of Komnas HAM Mohammad Choirul Anam in his statement to reporters. , Tuesday, July 13.

Furthermore, Komnas HAM will also request information from other experts such as state administrative law experts. The implementation will be carried out on July 13-14 with an online system.

"Excavation of the information aims to explore the characteristics, methods of TWK instruments, legal instruments and parties involved in the process of transferring the status of KPK employees," said Anam.

By extracting information from various experts, Anam hopes that his party will find a bright spot regarding the implementation of the TWK of KPK employees who have polemics.

"Komnas HAM hopes that the process of extracting experts related to the process, work patterns or methods of legal instruments, and procedures for the TWK of KPK employees will be clearer and clearer," he said.

As previously reported, the National Insight Test was attended by 1,351 KPK employees as a condition for the transfer of employment status. Of these, 1,274 people passed because they met the requirements.

Meanwhile, 75 employees including senior investigator 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 who will retire, were also declared ineligible TMS). While the other two employees did not attend the interview test.

According to the employees who took this test, there were a number of irregularities in the implementation of the assessment. Including the questions asked by the assessor or assessor during the interview process.

The employees said the questions asked during the TWK process violated the private sphere. These irregularities were later reported by dozens of these employees to Komnas HAM, Komnas Perempuan, to the Indonesian Ombudsman.