When Employees Are Broken With KPK After Being Dismissed Due To Not Passing TWK

Gedung KPK (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - Tata Khoiriyah, an employee of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) who did not pass the National Insight Test (TWK) was heartbroken. He is one of 57 employees who will be dismissed at the end of September after failing to pass the test as a condition for the transfer of employee status to State Civil Apparatus.

The anti-corruption commission's decision to lay off dozens of employees, including Tata, was conveyed to the Deputy Chairman of the KPK, Alexander Marwata. In a press conference, he said this decision was taken after a coordination meeting was held on September 13.

He said the meeting was held at the Office of the State Civil Service Agency (BKN) and was attended by 5 KPK leaders, the Secretary General of the KPK, Head of the Legal Bureau, Acting Head of the KPK HR Bureau, Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham), MenPANRB, and Head of BKN.

"It was concluded that he respectfully dismissed 50 KPK employees who were declared ineligible (TMS) as of September 30, 2021," said KPK Deputy Chair Alexander Marwata in a press conference broadcast on the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Wednesday, September 15.

In addition, six additional employees were also dismissed. The six employees were actually still being trained, but due to their refusal to participate in training on state defense and nationalism, they were eventually also expelled from the KPK.

Alexander said that the 57 KPK employees were not appointed as State Civil Apparatus (ASN) as mandated by the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019 not because of Perkom Number 1 of 2021 or other regulations.

According to him, dozens of employees cannot become ASN and work at the KPK because the results of the TWK assessment are a condition for transferring employee status. Alex emphasized that all employees have been given the same opportunity even though they have passed the age limit or have stopped being ASN before.

For this decision, the KPK then expressed its appreciation for the dozens of employees who will be dismissed at the end of this month. "KPK expresses its highest appreciation for its services and dedication to all dismissed employees," said Alex.

"Hopefully his dedication and charity work while at the KPK will be part of his good deeds and services for the nation and state," he added.

Furthermore, Alex said there are still many places to serve the dismissed employees. He also believes that the tens of employees will not abandon the integrity value that has been developed in the internal anti-corruption commission.

"We believe that KPK employees who have been dismissed will not abandon the values of integrity as long as the person concerned works at the KPK which will be given to their new field of service," he said.

Returning to Tata, through his Twitter account @tatakhoiriyah he told me that he received a short message from his superior, the Acting Head of Public Relations Bureau of the KPK Yuyuk Andriati Iskak to go to the office to get a dismissal letter.

"This afternoon, my superiors answered. Even though I expected it, reading this is really annoying," said Tata, who has given permission to VOI to quote his tweet, Wednesday, September 15.

"A kind of heartbreak with the KPK," he added.

He said that so far it has never been clear why he and dozens of other KPK employees were declared ineligible (TMS) to be transferred as State Civil Apparatus (ASN). However, Tata was suddenly dismissed after being given a red label and could no longer be fostered.

"All this time I've been wondering, what's wrong with the TWK interview? Why do we have TMS status? Suddenly without explanation we were labeled red and now dismissed," he said.

The same disappointment also emerged from the inactive Director of Socialization and Anti-Corruption Campaign of the KPK, Giri Suprapdiono. He even dismissed 57 employees of the anti-riot commission on September 30 as G30STWK because the day coincided with the commemoration of the September 30th Movement of the Indonesian Communist Party or G30S/PKI.

"Today we got a decree from the leadership of the KPK. They fired us! Effective September 30, 2021," Giri said on his Twitter account @girisuprapdiono.

"They want to rush ahead of the President as head of government," he added.

Giri said the employees who will be dismissed will continue to fight and take legal action until their last day of work. Before closing his tweet, he also highlighted that recent national holidays have always been hurt by things related to TWK.

For information, on June 1 or coinciding with Pancasila's Birthday, the KPK inaugurated thousands of its employees who were declared to have passed the TWK. This inauguration deliberately chose the date to show the sense of nationalism of the anti-corruption commission employees.

"The gimmick to commemorate the big day, which is always injured with rottenness wrapped in TWK. Hopefully, October 1 will be our day of victory," he concluded.