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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Nadia Maharani, Rofiq Hidayat
The Selection Committee (“Pansel”) charged with finding a new Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners for Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (“Capim KPK”) recently selected eight candidates, who will now move on to the fit-and-proper test stage of the process. Although these eight candidates have already passed a series of tests, a number of parties have expressed their disappointment with some of the choices.Dahnil Simanjutntak, Chairman of Muhammadiyah Central Leadership Youth, has declared that not only are some of the selected candidates unfit to become new leaders of the KPK but that they may also represent a threat to the Commission’s very existence, if some of the answers given during the interview stage are to be taken at face value.
“For example, some of the candidates stated during the interviews that the KPK should focus its energies upon preventing corruption in the first place, while the police and courts are the ones that should be taking action as regards eradicating corruption through investigations and prosecutions. However, the word ‘eradication’ is embedded in the very name of the KPK, and so such a perspective is highly alarming,” stated Mr. Simanjuntak.
According to Simanjuntak, such statements reveal a deep-seated desire by some of the candidates to disempower and weaken the KPK and its role in the prosecution of corruption. Furthermore, Simanjuntak views the decision to divide up the KPK into a number of departments (Prevention, Action, Management, Supervisory and Monitoring, as well as Coordination) as being contrary to the original purpose of the KPK, which is to work as a single, solid unit.
Chairman Simanjutak also expressed further concerns regarding the last-minute candidate selections of Busyro Muqoddas and Robby Brata. These two late additions were chosen by a completely different Selection Team, and so their names have not yet been integrated into the new KPK departments.
The current total of ten candidates will now undergo a fit-and-proper test, which will be conducted by the House of Representatives (“House”). In other words, the ball is now in the House’s hands, and Simanjuntak remains hopeful that it will prove transparent during its final selection of five out of the ten candidates, and will not repeat the errors made by the original Selection Committee.
“I believe that plenty of members of the House, especially those in Commission III, are committed to eradicating corruption in Indonesia,” Mr. Simanjuntak concluded.
Also critical of the selected candidates is local NGO, Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW). ICW made its concerns regarding the Selection Committee’s final decision clear at a recent press conference. According to ICW, it's unclear how some of the candidates were able to pass the selection process in the light of their backgrounds, as well as previous statements that they have made.
According to an ICW report, at least three of the candidates are unsuitable for the KPK leadership position, although unfortunately the names of these candidates cannot be revealed. The report does state, however, that the three candidates in question have spurred serious doubts in connection with their integrity, commitment, and stance regarding the continued existence of the KPK. The ICW report is thus critical of the Selection Committee for not conducting thorough background checks before making its final choices.
The ICW has also questioned the commitment of the three candidates to the eradication of corruption. ICW, one of the country's leading Non-Governmental Organizations (“NGOs”), is committed to uncovering cases of public corruption, as well as monitoring election campaigns, and the organization has been closely observing the various candidates' stances as regards the KPK during this selection process.
One position that is setting off alarm bells is the view held by some of the candidates that the KPK should act solely as a trigger mechanism for the transfer of corruption cases to the country's law enforcement agencies. The second worrying stance is a reluctance on the part of some of the candidates to utilize independent investigators during corruption cases. And finally, the idea that the KPK should act solely as an information center in the role corruption prevention, as opposed to fighting and prosecuting such crimes, is also a worrying view according to ICW.
ICW is a body that is itself experienced in the conducting of background checks, and the organization has expressed its disapproval to the Selection Committee regarding some of the chosen candidates. The source of this disapproval takes the form of questionable assets possessed by two of the candidates, as well as a third candidate who ruled a corruption suspect innocent. The suspect was later declared guilty by the Supreme Court.
In order to prevent further incidents of this nature transpiring, ICW has affirmed that it will be sending a letter to the President regarding the unsuitability of these three candidates as regards their integrity, commitment, and stance towards the KPK.
“ICW will immediately send a letter to the President imploring him to not to select candidates who are unfit to lead the KPK,” said an ICW spokesperson.
Meanwhile, lawmaker Bambang Soesatyo (Commission III) stated that if the candidates were proven to be problematic, then Commission III would consider such facts when conducting their fit-and-proper tests. However, lawmaker Soesatyo affirmed that he had not yet received any further information from the NGO.
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Nadia Maharani, Rofiq Hidayat
The Selection Committee (“Pansel”) charged with finding a new Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners for Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (“Capim KPK”) recently selected eight candidates, who will now move on to the fit-and-proper test stage of the process. Although these eight candidates have already passed a series of tests, a number of parties have expressed their disappointment with some of the choices.Dahnil Simanjutntak, Chairman of Muhammadiyah Central Leadership Youth, has declared that not only are some of the selected candidates unfit to become new leaders of the KPK but that they may also represent a threat to the Commission’s very existence, if some of the answers given during the interview stage are to be taken at face value.
“For example, some of the candidates stated during the interviews that the KPK should focus its energies upon preventing corruption in the first place, while the police and courts are the ones that should be taking action as regards eradicating corruption through investigations and prosecutions. However, the word ‘eradication’ is embedded in the very name of the KPK, and so such a perspective is highly alarming,” stated Mr. Simanjuntak.
According to Simanjuntak, such statements reveal a deep-seated desire by some of the candidates to disempower and weaken the KPK and its role in the prosecution of corruption. Furthermore, Simanjuntak views the decision to divide up the KPK into a number of departments (Prevention, Action, Management, Supervisory and Monitoring, as well as Coordination) as being contrary to the original purpose of the KPK, which is to work as a single, solid unit.
Chairman Simanjutak also expressed further concerns regarding the last-minute candidate selections of Busyro Muqoddas and Robby Brata. These two late additions were chosen by a completely different Selection Team, and so their names have not yet been integrated into the new KPK departments.
The current total of ten candidates will now undergo a fit-and-proper test, which will be conducted by the House of Representatives (“House”). In other words, the ball is now in the House’s hands, and Simanjuntak remains hopeful that it will prove transparent during its final selection of five out of the ten candidates, and will not repeat the errors made by the original Selection Committee.
“I believe that plenty of members of the House, especially those in Commission III, are committed to eradicating corruption in Indonesia,” Mr. Simanjuntak concluded.
Also critical of the selected candidates is local NGO, Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW). ICW made its concerns regarding the Selection Committee’s final decision clear at a recent press conference. According to ICW, it's unclear how some of the candidates were able to pass the selection process in the light of their backgrounds, as well as previous statements that they have made.
According to an ICW report, at least three of the candidates are unsuitable for the KPK leadership position, although unfortunately the names of these candidates cannot be revealed. The report does state, however, that the three candidates in question have spurred serious doubts in connection with their integrity, commitment, and stance regarding the continued existence of the KPK. The ICW report is thus critical of the Selection Committee for not conducting thorough background checks before making its final choices.
The ICW has also questioned the commitment of the three candidates to the eradication of corruption. ICW, one of the country's leading Non-Governmental Organizations (“NGOs”), is committed to uncovering cases of public corruption, as well as monitoring election campaigns, and the organization has been closely observing the various candidates' stances as regards the KPK during this selection process.
One position that is setting off alarm bells is the view held by some of the candidates that the KPK should act solely as a trigger mechanism for the transfer of corruption cases to the country's law enforcement agencies. The second worrying stance is a reluctance on the part of some of the candidates to utilize independent investigators during corruption cases. And finally, the idea that the KPK should act solely as an information center in the role corruption prevention, as opposed to fighting and prosecuting such crimes, is also a worrying view according to ICW.
ICW is a body that is itself experienced in the conducting of background checks, and the organization has expressed its disapproval to the Selection Committee regarding some of the chosen candidates. The source of this disapproval takes the form of questionable assets possessed by two of the candidates, as well as a third candidate who ruled a corruption suspect innocent. The suspect was later declared guilty by the Supreme Court.
In order to prevent further incidents of this nature transpiring, ICW has affirmed that it will be sending a letter to the President regarding the unsuitability of these three candidates as regards their integrity, commitment, and stance towards the KPK.
“ICW will immediately send a letter to the President imploring him to not to select candidates who are unfit to lead the KPK,” said an ICW spokesperson.
Meanwhile, lawmaker Bambang Soesatyo (Commission III) stated that if the candidates were proven to be problematic, then Commission III would consider such facts when conducting their fit-and-proper tests. However, lawmaker Soesatyo affirmed that he had not yet received any further information from the NGO.
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