Novel Baswedan Questioned, KPK Guarantees The Work Of Its Investigators Still Legitimate Even After Swearing

KPK/Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has ensured that the investigation of corruption cases conducted by investigators and investigators remains valid even though the inauguration was only carried out on Tuesday, August 3.

This also answers the statement made by Novel Baswedan that the confirmation will be problematic later.

A total of 190 KPK employees consisting of 78 investigators and 112 investigators who have passed the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) were only sworn in after they were appointed as State Civil Apparatus (ASN) on June 1 last.

The ceremony, which was led by the Chairman of the KPK, Firli Bahuri, was held online and offline at the Juang Merah Putih Building. In his remarks, Firli conveyed a message to investigators and investigators to play a role in carrying out the main task of eradicating corruption.

Firli also reminded not to let the status of ASN which is now attached to KPK employees become an obstacle in eradicating corruption.

"The transition of the status of KPK employees to ASN should not be an obstacle to eradicating corruption. The people expect all of you to be able to carry out the main tasks of the KPK without being affected by any powers, whether legislative, executive, or judicial," said Firli at the time.

He hoped that the investigators and investigators he appointed could work optimally even though the number of human resources at the KPK was limited. In addition, he reminded the KPK has a mandate to eradicate corruption.

At the time of the inauguration and taking the oath, there was no name for Novel Baswedan and a number of other investigators, such as Yudi Purnomo Harahap, Ambarita Damanik, and Harun Al Rasyid. The reason is that they are all now deactivated and are still waiting for a follow-up from the KPK along with dozens of other employees who have not passed the TWK.

Even so, Novel still pays attention to this ceremonial activity. He even considered that the inauguration and taking of oaths would cause problems for handling corruption cases.

The senior investigator also questioned the reason for the new activity being held yesterday. Moreover, employees who have met the requirements have been inaugurated as ASN since June 1st.

"Do Pak Firli et al think that taking the oath must be done? If it has to be done, why is it only today (yesterday, ed)," he said in a written statement.

Novel then said that the inauguration which was held long after the inauguration would cause serious problems. The reason is that the duties of investigators and investigators carried out between June 1 and August 3 may be considered invalid.

Later, this question was answered by the Acting Spokesperson for the KPK for Enforcement, Ali Fikri. He said taking the oath of office would not have any consequences on the legitimacy of carrying out the duties of investigators and investigators.

Ali explained that investigators and investigators as well as all employees who have been inaugurated as ASN already have a Decision Letter (SK) on the Start Date. This document then becomes the basis for employees to carry out their duties.

"So even though the inauguration and taking of oaths have only been carried out today, this does not have any consequences on the validity of the implementation of tasks that have been carried out since June 1," said Ali.

Moreover, these investigators and investigators had previously been sworn in and confirmed at the beginning when they were just about to work at the KPK. Furthermore, the KPK will focus on fulfilling other staffing obligations as a consequence of the status transfer in accordance with Law Number 19 of 2019.

There is also the time that the KPK has to complete the process of changing employee status, currently only two months away. "The law gives the transitional limit until October 2021," he concluded.