The Offer To Move To BUMN For KPK Employees Who Do Not Pass The TWK Is Actually Considered A Systematic Effort To Kill Corruption Eradication

KPK Building (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) reportedly lured a number of its employees who did not pass the National Insight Test (TWK) to move to BUMN. The condition is that they are asked to resign first and sign a letter of application for distribution.

This lure was then responded to by a non-active senior KPK investigator, Novel Baswedan. He confirmed the news as well as stated that the action was a form of humiliation for employees who were trying to survive in the midst of their unclear status.

"My friends chose the KPK because they wanted to fight for the country's interest in fighting corruption, not just work. So, the offer to resign and be channeled (to other agencies or institutions, ed) is an insult," Novel said in his statement to reporters. , Tuesday, September 14th.

From this offer, he considered that there had been a systematic effort to get rid of certain employees working to eradicate corruption. In addition, Novel also suspects that there are big powers who want to control the anti-corruption commission for other purposes.

This, he continued, was evident from the actions of the KPK leaders who violated the law to get rid of certain employees according to the findings of the Komnas HAM and the Indonesian Ombudsman. So, the employees are now resisting because what Firli Bahuri et al is doing is considered to have ended the hope of eradicating corruption.

"So this is not just a job problem," he said.

However, a different opinion came from the Secretary General of the KPK, Cahya Harefa. According to him, what the KPK is doing is solely to help employees who can no longer work by transferring them to other institutions.

"KPK intends to help these employees to be distributed to other institutions outside the KPK," said Cahya in a written statement to reporters, Tuesday, September 14.

He said the employees who would be assigned to work elsewhere would be adjusted according to their work experience and competencies. Moreover, continued Cahya, there are many institutions that need them.

"Therefore, this work distribution can be a solution as well as a positive mutualism cooperation," he said.

Cahya also said that the distribution of work for employees who did not pass the TWK was also in line with the long-established program, namely placing KPK personnel in other institutions or agencies as anti-corruption agents.

However, this distribution will of course follow the recruitment mechanisms and standards that have been set by the relevant agencies.

Moreover, Cahya said that there have been employees who have submitted application letters to be distributed to other institutions. According to him, this employee stated that he wanted to spread the anti-corruption values in the KPK to other places.

Thus, he asked the KPK's good intentions to channel employees who did not qualify could be interpreted positively. "This work distribution certainly provides direct benefits for the employees concerned, new work institutions, as well as for the KPK itself to expand and strengthen anti-corruption nodes in various institutions," concluded Cahya.