Many Highlighted By TWK Novel Baswedan Et Al, Fahri Hamzah Praises KPK Firli Bahuri's Era Is Better

Fahri Hamzah (Photo: DOK ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Former Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Fahri Hamzah, appreciated the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) under the leadership of Firli Bahuri. According to him, the current KPK is better than the previous era, especially regarding rules and ethics.

"I received news that investigators' discipline, for example, is now extraordinary. They have high rules and ethics," said Fahri Hamzah via his Twitter account, Friday, September 24.

The Deputy Chairperson of the Gelora Party said that he was happy that many were guarding the anti-corruption agency. Thus, the KPK can answer the public's doubts and anxieties over the future fate of its institution.

"I am happy that I am now starting to become a critic of the Indonesian KPK, when the KPK has begun to be monitored. Previously, the KPK was driven by a battle of opinion vs law enforcement," wrote Fahri.

Fahri reminded, do not be amazed by the heroism of the temporary people. But focus on building better systems and ecosystems. "One thing that has to change from our perspective on state institutions (including the KPK) is that we let strong systems and institutions not just be temporary actions of people. Humans come and go, but institutions must remain," he said.

Decree Number 652 of 2021 concerning the results of the TWK carried out by 1,349 employees received public attention from anti-corruption activists.

There are 4 points in this letter. One of them asked employees who did not pass the TWK to hand over their duties and responsibilities to their superiors. The 75 employees include Novel Baswedan, Chairman of the KPK Employee Forum who is also investigator Yudi Purnomo, Director of Anti-Corruption Campaign and Socialization of the KPK Giri Suprapdiono, Head of the KPK Task Force Harun Al-Rasyid, and Director of PJKAKI Sujarnarko.

However, from this number there are 24 employees who can still be fostered and appointed as ASN with the condition that they must attend state defense training and national insight.

So, the total number of employees who will actually be fired will be 51 people. However, because there are 24 employees who refuse to participate in the training, the number of employees who will be fired has increased to 56 people.

The KPK confirmed that it would fire 56 employees who did not pass the TWK assessment as a condition for changing their status to State Civil Apparatus (ASN) at the end of October.

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, said that this step was still being taken even though the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court had not yet issued a decision on the lawsuit for the implementation of the test.

"As we emphasize that the KPK is a law enforcer who carries out legal orders. The order is two years from the date of promulgation, October 2019 then ends in 2021. That is a legal order," Ghufron told reporters, Friday, August 20.