Unwilling To Live Up To The Results Of The RI Ombudsman's Report, The KPK Affirms That Novel Baswedan Et Al Are Still Disabled

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Nurul Ghufron (Photo: Screenshot)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) refuses to carry out all corrective steps in the Final Examination Report (LAHP) issued by the Indonesian Ombudsman regarding the implementation of the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK). Including revoking the deactivation of 75 employees who did not pass the test.

"We have not revoked the discharge based on SK 652 yet again", said KPK Deputy Chair, Nurul Ghufron, in a press conference broadcast on the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Thursday, August 5.

He reminded that the deactivation of Novel Baswedan et al is not the business of other parties but the internal sphere of the institution. Ghufron said the shutdown was a matter for the leadership with its employees.

"So once again, we are dealing with or measuring our problems with KPK employees", he said.

Previously, the Indonesian Ombudsman asked the KPK leadership to continue to transfer the status of Novel Baswedan and 74 other employees who were declared not to have passed the TWK to become State Civil Apparatus (ASN).

This request is one of four corrective actions submitted to the KPK after they discovered maladministration in the process of administering the test.

Another corrective step is not to use TWK as the basis for dismissing 75 employees and requesting the implementation of official education regarding national insight for employees who were terminated because they did not pass the TWK.

Finally, the KPK was asked to explain to its employees the consequences of implementing TWK in the form of information or legal documents.