Saying Goodbye To Being A KPK Investigator, Yudi Purnomo: This Is Not A Farewell, Just An Announcement, Don't Be Sad

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) inactive investigator Yudi Purnomo Harahap (screenshot of VOI YouTube video)

JAKARTA - Inactive Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Yudi Purnomo Harahap said goodbye after being dismissed for failing to pass the National Insight Test (TWK).

Through a tweet on his Twitter account @yudiharahap46, he uploaded a photo containing his farewell greetings.

"This is my last day working at the KPK. Sorry if there are any wrong words and actions during these 14.5 years," Yudi said in the photo upload, Thursday, September 30.

He thanked everyone for the prayers and support. Yudi then said goodbye because starting Friday, October 1 tomorrow he will no longer be part of the KPK staff.

"This is not a farewell, just an announcement. So don't be sad. Tomorrow I will be released from all rights and obligations as a KPK employee," he said.

Even so, Yudi has not decided where he will dock after he was expelled from the KPK. "I want to first enjoy the day with family and friends who rarely see each other," he said.

Before closing his farewell letter, Yudi said that his steps to eradicate corruption at the KPK could have stopped in the era of the leadership of Firli Bahuri et al.

"But the spirit of eradicating corruption must not die, it must rise in many ways. Once again, I apologize if I have not contributed much to our beloved Indonesia," he said.

"But rest assured that I will still work for this country like when I was an investigator when eradicating corruption so far," added Yudi. It was previously reported that 58 employees were declared no longer able to work at the KPK because they could not become ASN according to the mandate of the KPK Law No. 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 TWK assessment. Not only that, the KPK also ensures that employees have been given the same opportunities even if they have passed the age limit or have stopped being ASN.

However, the decision caused a polemic considering the discovery of a number of maladministration and abuse of authority in the TWK process by the Indonesian Ombudsman. Not only that, Komnas HAM also found violations of 11 employees' rights.

Thus, this is a polemic because the KPK and the State Civil Service Agency (BKN) do not want to follow up on corrective actions or recommendations issued by the Indonesian Ombudsman and Komnas HAM, respectively.

In addition, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is also silent on the recommendations that have been given by the two institutions and has argued that he does not want to be withdrawn in institutional matters.