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Jokowi, Kalla told to remove individuals red-flagged by KPK from minister list
Graft watchdog Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Ade Irawan said on Thursday that President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla should keep their promise to remove from their list of minister candidates several who have been red-flagged by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) amid strong political influence
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raft watchdog Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Ade Irawan said on Thursday that President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla should keep their promise to remove from their list of minister candidates several who have been red-flagged by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) amid strong political influence.
He said that Jokowi and Kalla should exercise extreme care in selecting ministers because if they chose the wrong individuals, not only would government performance suffer, but the Indonesian people would suffer, too.
'[Selecting the wrong individuals] will affect Jokowi's administration because they can be grilled by the KPK one day if they are named graft suspects,' he said as quoted by kompas.com.
He said that the 1945 Constitution gave Jokowi and Kalla two weeks to select the members of their Cabinet. He said he hoped the pair would use the available time prudently.
'Selecting the wrong ministers will break the people's trust. Jokowi and Kalla have to be very careful,' he said.
On Wednesday afternoon, Jokowi revealed that he would remove from his list of candidates eight individuals who had been red-flagged by the KPK.
However, Jokowi declined to disclose the names of the eight candidates. He also warned journalists to stop assuming who they were.
Jokowi submitted the names of minister candidates to the KPK last Friday. On Sunday, the KPK submitted its reports to Jokowi.
KPK deputy chief Zulkarnain said that his commission had made the report based on official wealth report forms (LHKPN), internal investigations, and reports from the public. His commission assigned red and yellow marks to the minister candidates.
He explained that minister candidates given red marks were at high-risk of being named graft suspects. Those given yellow marks, he said, also faced the possibility of being named graft suspects, but their risk level was lower than those who had been granted red marks. (alz)
