Sweet And Bitter Yudi Purnomo, Investigator Expelled From KPK: Usually Comes Early In The Morning To Catch Corruptors, Now Cleaning Tables

Former KPK employee Yudi Purnomo (DOK VOI/Irfan Meidianto)

JAKARTA - The head of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Employee Committee, Yudi Purnomo, who was one of 57 employees who were fired because they did not pass the National Insight Test (TWK) said that he had visited his office this morning, Thursday, September 15.

He uploaded this story through his Twitter account, @yudiharahap46 which is equipped with a photo of a digital clock in the Lobby of the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta. The clock shows 05:37 WIB.

According to Yudi, his arrival this time was different from his usual habits. If he used to come early to work to catch corruptors, now he comes early to avoid meeting his friends while clearing his desk.

"Usually comes early in the morning because OTT catches corruptors, now they come to clean their desks so they don't meet a lot of fellow employees, can't stand to see tears fall over the joys and sorrows of memories of eradicating corruption for decades," Yudi said in his tweet.

He admitted that since last night, after the KPK leadership announced the dismissal of 57 employees, his colleagues who were still in the anti-corruption commission kept contacting him to provide support.

"From last night WA and calls from them kept changing," he said.

The story about cleaning up the desk was also uploaded by Yudi through his WhatsApp Story. The difference is, in the upload he attaches a photo of a salary slip that reads 'My Income Comes from the People' which was found in his drawer.

Yudi Purnomo's salary slip (WhatsApp Story)

"Opening the first drawer, it turned out to be a payslip which reminds me that my salary is from the people, so I am always enthusiastic about working for Indonesia," said Yudi.

It was previously reported that 57 employees who did not pass the TWK would be fired at the end of September. This decision was taken because they cannot become State Civil Apparatus (ASN) according to the mandate of the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019.

The KPK argues that their inability to become ASN is not due to laws and regulations such as Perkom KPK Number 1 of 2021 but because of the results of their assessment.

The anti-corruption commission also ensures that employees are given equal opportunities even if they have passed the age limit or have stopped being ASN before.

The dismissal was carried out based on government regulation (PP) number 63 of 2005 concerning the Human Resources Management System of the KPK articles 18 and 19 paragraph (3) letter d with the reason for the dismissal due to organizational demands.

For information, initially there were 75 KPK employees who were declared ineligible or did not meet the requirements in the TWK assessment process as a condition for the transfer of employee status. Of this number, 24 of them can be trained, although recently only 18 have participated in the training for State Defense and National Insight.

So that the total number of employees who are considered unable to be trained and do not want to carry out training because their request for clarity on the results of the TWK has not been given is 57 people.

Those who are no longer able to work at the KPK because they do not pass the TWK and are considered unable to be fostered through state defense education and national insight include senior KPK investigators Novel Baswedan and Ambarita Damanik, Chairman of the KPK Employee Forum Yudi Purnomo, KPK investigator Harun Al-Rasyid, and dozens of other names.