Tomorrow Expelled From The KPK, Non-Active Employees Giri Et Al Have Not Taken The Position Of Being A Civil Servant From The National Police Chief Sigit

Director of Socialization and Anti-Corruption Campaign of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Giri Suprapdiono/KPK Public Relations

JAKARTA - Director of Socialization and Anti-Corruption Campaign of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Giri Suprapdiono, said he and 55 employees who will be expelled on September 30 from the anti-corruption commission are currently consolidating.

This was done after the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo planned to withdraw them from becoming State Civil Apparatus (ASN) in the police force.

"We are still consolidating together with 56 other employees and all anti-corruption stakeholders to respond to this government policy," Giri said when contacted by reporters, Wednesday, September 29.

After all, there is still a lot to talk about regarding the wishes of the National Police Chief Sigit, who has reportedly received approval from President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

"There are many questions and things that must be clarified regarding this policy plan. Later we will officially convey it after our stance is clear," said Giri.

Similarly, inactive KPK employee Ita Khoiriyah or Tata also said that he and dozens of his colleagues had not yet responded to the wishes of the Indonesian National Police Chief Sigit. According to him, employees want to hear details related to the plan.

"We at 56 have no attitude because we have just heard the statement from the National Police Chief. Of course, the statement needs to be discussed first internally at 56. The only thing that concerns us is that the statement questioned the status of the TWK results that pinned us not meeting the requirements or a red label," said Tata.

"We are still waiting for a more detailed explanation because there are many factors that need to be considered by all of us," he added.

Moreover, Tata revealed that the struggle of the employees against the results of the TWK was not only due to the loss of their jobs. "But stigmatization, maladministration, and human rights violations in the implementation of TWK transfer the status of KPK employees," he stressed. It was previously reported that 57 employees were declared unable to work at the KPK because they could not become ASN according to the mandate of the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019 as of the end of September. . The employees 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.

The anti-corruption commission argued that their inability to become ASN was not due to laws and regulations such as Perkom KPK Number 1 of 2021, but because of the results of their assessment.

Ahead of the dismissal, the National Police Chief admitted that he wanted to recruit 56 KPK employees who did not pass the TWK to become Polri ASN. This wish was conveyed in a letter to President Jokowi last week and was approved.

The reason Sigit wants to recruit dozens of employees is because the Police need human resources to strengthen the line of action against corruption cases. Moreover, the Police are currently also focusing on handling the recovery of COVID-19.