Petition To Fire KPK Chairman Ali Ngabalin: Don't Disturb Jokowi, Who Is Concentrating On Handling COVID-19

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JAKARTA - A petition has emerged urging President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to immediately fire the chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri, the palace responded to.

Main Expert Staff of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Ali Mochtar Ngabalin, appealed that the petition raised by the democratic studies institute, the Public Virtue Research Institute (PVRI), should not interfere with President Jokowi, who is focusing on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

"He (Jokowi, ed) is fully concentrating on handling COVID-19 with a new variant. He told the petition not to disturb (the president, ed)," said Ngabalin, Monday, August 9.

According to Ngabalin, the KPK's decisions including the National Insight Test (TWK) under Firli's leadership must be respected by all parties. Because, he said, the KPK is an independent state institution, which in fact every decision must have been taken with careful consideration.

"So there should be no parties to politicize our great state institution," said Ngabalin.

It is better, according to Ngabalin, parties who are not in line with the current KPK are more likely to contribute in this regard. Because of course he has a lot of experience and knowledge that can both build the nation.

"Serve elsewhere for the benefit of the nation and state," said Ngabalin.

Previously, the Public Virtue Research Institute (PVRI) raised a petition urging President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to fire the chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri.

This pressure arose after the KPK refused to take corrective action from the Indonesian Ombudsman after the discovery of maladministration and abuse of authority in the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) process as a condition for the transfer of employee status to State Civil Apparatus (ASN).

"We invite citizens of anyone and anywhere to voice this problem. The way is to sign and distribute this petition, this demand can reach the ears of the President," said the initiator and Spokesperson of PVRI, Yansen Dinata in a written statement on the PVRI website, Saturday, 6 August.

According to him, the refusal to take corrective action from the Indonesian Ombudsman proves that the KPK under Firli Bahuri's leadership is an anti-correction. In addition, this can also weaken the KPK if it continues.

Moreover, so far the weakening of the KPK has actually occurred and has an impact on the low corruption perception index (GPA). Other forms of weakness are also seen from the decreasing quality and number of actions taken by the KPK at this time and the involvement of KPK leaders in various conflicts of interest.

"This must be stopped. We urge the President to remove the chairman of the KPK," said Yansen.