Being The Last Employee To Be Dismissed By KPK, Lakso Anindito Just Had Time To Clear His Desk

Cards of fired KPK employees (PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa-tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - Former employee of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Lakso Anindito had just cleared his desk at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta today. In fact, he has been expelled along with dozens of his employees since last September 30.

This happened because he was the last person who was declared not to have passed the National Insight Test (TWK) after following the follow-up because he had just returned from studying abroad.

"So I was notified in less than 24 hours to be dismissed from the KPK (on, ed) September 29. So I was only able to finish cleaning up and returning my laptop and others today," Lakso told reporters.

"I went to the KPK to clear up all the rights that had not been settled, both administratively and otherwise," he added.

Lakso then mentioned about his sudden dismissal. He said, TWK and the follow-up process were not accountable and transparent.

In addition, according to him, this process is also not based on the principles of human rights as well as the process of good governance. "That's why you can see all of your friends, not a single company on earth and also a government agency that lays off their employees for less than 24 hours, but it happened to me," he said.

He then had time to explain the tests he carried out some time ago. According to Lakso, there was a difference in the timing of the interview between him and his two colleagues who both followed the follow-up.

Not only that, but during the interview, he also received questions about the revision of the KPK Law and the TWK polemic that had already occurred. "During the interview, I did mention the findings of Komnas HAM and the Ombudsman," said Lakso.

However, he did not expect that the answer he gave to the assessor would actually lead to his dismissal as a KPK employee because he did not pass the TWK.

Lakso finally felt that he was different from the two other people who took part in the follow-up TWK. "Definitely (feeling different, ed) because I see that the basic insight of nationality as conveyed by Komnas HAM is only a means of legitimizing. That is not my statement but Komnas HAM," he said.

"And judging from the duration of the interview, I was a bit different when my friends were less than three hours while I was three hours for the interview session," added Lakso.

It was previously reported that 58 employees were declared unable to work at the KPK because they failed to become State Civil Apparatus according to the mandate of the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019 as of the end of last 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.

In addition, there is also a young investigator, Lakso Anindito, who failed after taking a follow-up test because he had just finished his assignment. The KPK argued that they could not become ASN, not because of laws and regulations such as Perkom KPK Number 1 of 2021, but because of the results of their assessment.