Compass Research And Development Survey Calls 48.2 Percent Of People Dissatisfied With KPK, ICW: Not Surprised!

JAKARTA - Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has opened its voice regarding the results of the Kompas Research and Development survey which stated that 48.2 percent of the public were dissatisfied with the performance of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). This result is considered not surprising, especially considering the current state of the anti-corruption commission.

"ICW is not necessarily surprised to hear and read the results of the Libang Kompas opinion poll regarding the level of public satisfaction with the KPK's performance," said ICW researcher Kurnia Ramadhana in a written statement, Monday, March 21.

Kurnia said that the KPK is now on the brink. In fact, he thinks this institution is starting to fall in the wrong direction.

"The condition of the anti-corruption agency is really on the brink of even more likely to have fallen in the wrong direction. All of this is nothing but the fruit of the poor performance of all KPK Commissioners and members of the Supervisory Board," he stressed.

Not only that, this anti-corruption activist also believes that many of the public's criticisms of the KPK have been ignored by the leadership. This, said Kurnia, appears because every time there is attention that seizes the public.

Instead of carrying out the criticisms conveyed, the KPK leadership is now engrossed in the controversy. Thus, ICW concluded that Firli Bahuri et al really wanted the KPK to be shunned by the public.

Furthermore, Kurnia assesses the public's perception of the anti-corruption commission that it will be difficult to save. "Simply put, how can the public believe in the work of the KPK if only two of its leaders have been proven to have violated the code of ethics," said Kurnia.

So, at this time, the public feels that it is just a matter of waiting for a change of leadership to be able to return to trust in the KPK.

"The only way is to wait for a change in the leadership of the KPK to mitigate problematic people from entering and being elected as commissioners," he said.

In addition, ICW considers it important for all parties to re-launch the issuance of the KPK Perppu. The goal is for the KPK Law to return to normal.

"The Perppu's insistence on returning the KPK Law as before has become relevant again to be echoed," explained Kurnia.

Furthermore, an assessment was also given by ICW to the KPK Supervisory Board chaired by Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean. He said that the organ of the anti-corruption commission felt minimally useful and seemed to always side with the KPK leadership.

This is proven by several things, including the quality of the decisions handed down against violations committed by two leaders, namely Lili Pintauli Siregar and Firli Bahuri. According to Kurnia, the sanctions imposed by Tumpak et al are still very low.

"In addition, the regulations contained in the Dewas Regulation also have serious problems. For example, if the KPK leadership is proven to have violated the code of ethics in a severe category, the only sanction that can be imposed is asking him to resign," he said.

"In addition, we still see that the Supervisory Board does not maximize the evaluation function as stated in Article 37 B paragraph (1) letter f of the KPK Law. Because so far there have been many controversies carried out by the KPK leadership, but unfortunately it has not been followed up with warnings or steps. concrete improvements from the Supervisory Board," added Kurnia.

As previously reported, 48.2 percent of the public were dissatisfied with the KPK's performance. This figure was captured by the Research and Development of Kompas which conducted a survey on February 22-24 which was attended by 506 respondents.

The collection of opinions by telephone and samples were determined randomly from the respondents of the Kompas Research and Development panel according to the proportion of the population in each province. The level of confidence for this survey is 95 percent, with no sample research being approximately 4.36 percent under conditions of simple random sampling.