Jokowi Asked To Respond To Letters About Novel Baswedan And Colleagues, Komnas HAM: Later We Ask For Meeting

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Screenshot)

JAKARTA - The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), asked President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to respond to a letter of recommendation that they had sent some time ago regarding the implementation of the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) for employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

This recommendation was sent by Komnas HAM to President Jokowi after a violation of rights was found in the test process as a condition for transferring the status of KPK employees according to the mandate of the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019.

"I want to emphasize this. We don't need to be invited. If we are invited, it is as if the president is active. Just issue a response letter so that we are the ones asking for the meeting," Anam said in an online discussion broadcast on YouTube Friends of ICW, quoted Monday, September 20.

According to him, responding to the Komnas HAM recommendation letter should be carried out by Jokowi as the head of state who is responsible for institutions in the executive family, including the KPK.

Anam understands that there could be political obstacles if President Jokowi invites Komnas HAM to come to discuss the TWK of KPK employees. So, he asked the former Governor of DKI Jakarta to simply respond to the recommendations he had sent according to the rules.

"If there are political obstacles, inviting them is not good. So the response to our letter. Later we will ask to meet in person and submit our reports directly," he said.

Previously reported, President Jokowi had received a letter from Komnas HAM and the Indonesian Ombudsman containing recommendations regarding the TWK assessment. CPC employee. This confirmation was conveyed by the Presidential Special Staff for Early Law, Purwono.

Dini said, the letter was received by the State Secretariat and will be processed further. "As far as I know (the letter of recommendation, ed) has been received by the State Secretariat and processed according to the current Presidential correspondence procedure," said Dini when contacted by VOI, Friday, September 17.

However, he does not yet know what follow-up action will be taken to President Jokowi after receiving the letter. Including whether to invite the two institutions.

"I don't know, it has to be checked with the State Secretariat or the Presidential Secretariat because the President's schedule is what they set," he said.

For information, Komnas HAM stated that there were 11 rights violations experienced by KPK employees in the implementation of TWK, namely the right to justice and legal certainty; women's rights; the right not to discriminate; the right to freedom of religion and belief; right to work; and the right to security.

The next right that is violated is the right to information; right to privacy; the right to freedom of assembly and association; the right to participate in government; and the right to freedom of expression.

As a result of this violation, Komnas HAM issued five recommendations which were submitted to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) as the highest authority holder and the highest civil service officer.

The contents of the recommendations include appointing employees who do not pass the TWK as ASN and restoring the good name of employees who are stigmatized as a result of this incident. It is known that there are 57 KPK employees including Novel Baswedan who did not pass the TWK.