KPK Concerns New Employment Regulations: There Is No Intent To Prevent Certain Parties From Being Employees

DOK VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) asserts that it has no intention of blocking anyone who wants to become its employee through Commission Regulation (Perkom) Number 1 of 2022.

This was conveyed by the Secretary General of the KPK Cahya H. Harefa in response to the polemic that arose as a result of a commission regulation signed by KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri on January 27 last. The regulation states that employees who have been honorably dismissed but not at their request cannot become KPK employees.

"There is no intention at all to unconstitutionally prevent certain parties from joining the KPK's ASN employees," Cahya told reporters in a written statement, Friday, February 11.

Cahya explained that the Perkom was made to update rules that were no longer relevant. Moreover, currently the status of KPK employees has changed to ASN according to the mandate of Law Number 19 of 2019.

There are also regulations that serve as references for making the Perkom, namely Law Number 5 of 2014 concerning State Civil Apparatus, PP Number 11 of 2017 concerning Management of Civil Servants, and PP Number 49 of 2018 concerning Management of Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK).

"This Perkom is general in nature and adheres to the applicable ASN regulations," he said.

In addition, Cahya also explained that there was an adjustment to the phrase 'commission employee' in Articles 6 and 11 of Perkom 1 of 2022. He said the addition occurred because commission employees before ASN were not included in the TNI, Police, or Civil Servant categories as stated in Article 23 PP. Number 11 of 2017.

"So this Perkom is important to add the phrase 'commission employee' so that there is harmonization and harmonization of the substance of the provisions in the PP," he said.

"This is also considering the transition from the status of KPK employees to state civil servants after the PP was promulgated," Pahala added.

As previously reported, the KPK regulates its staffing through Perkom Number 1 of 2022. In Article 3 Paragraph 1 of Perkom Number 1 of 2022 it is stated that Commission Employees consist of Civil Servants and Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPK).

Meanwhile in Paragraph 2 it is stated that the KPK can request and accept assignments from civil servants of other institutions or members of the National Police. However, they can't just walk in. Civil servants and members of the Police must take part in the selection first.

This is regulated in Article 11 which reads as follows:

In an effort to meet the qualifications for position requirements, civil servants and members of the Indonesian National Police as referred to in Article 3 paragraph (2) are required to take part in the selection with the following conditions:

Not currently in the process of being examined and not undergoing disciplinary and/or ethical punishment within the last (one) year. Never been dismissed with honor, not at his own request or dishonorably as a civil servant, Indonesian National Army soldier, member of the Indonesian National Police, Commission employee or dishonorably dismissed as a private employee. Obtained permission from the head of the parent agency, and was declared to have passed the selection.

The selection referred to in the article consists of two parts, namely the administrative selection stage and the competency selection stage.

"Includes personal characteristics, general intelligence, and national insight," the regulation was quoted as saying.