The National Police Processes The Request For Menpan-RB Regarding The Appointment Of 57 Ex-KPK Employees

Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan/DOK VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - The National Police stated that they had received a letter from the Minister for Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform, Tjahjo Kumolo, regarding the appointment of 57 former KPK employees as State Civil Apparatus (ASN) Bhayangkara Corps. Currently, the request is being processed.

"It has been (accepted) and it is still in the process," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan, when confirmed, Friday, October 29.

Tjahjo Kumolo's request was stated in a registered letter numbered B/1534/M.SM.01.00/2021 dated 16 October 2021. The letter was also addressed to the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo.

However, when asked about the details of the process for the appointment of 57 former KPK employees, Ramadhan did not elaborate. He just emphasized everything was being processed.

"Hopefully we are in the process of following up," said Ramadhan.

57 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 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.

The KPK 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 General Listyo Sigit admitted that he wanted to recruit dozens of KPK employees who did not pass the TWK to become Polri ASN. This wish was conveyed through a letter to President Jokowi and was approved.

There is also the reason Sigit wants to recruit tens of these employees because the Police need human resources to strengthen the line of prosecution of corruption cases. Moreover, the Police are currently also focusing on handling the recovery of COVID-19.