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New Cabinet free of red and yellow flags, says KPK
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesman Johan Budi said the members of President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kallaâs Working Cabinet had not been flagged by his institution as being vulnerable to graft
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orruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesman Johan Budi said the members of President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla's Working Cabinet had not been flagged by his institution as being vulnerable to graft.
He made the statement in response to the Cabinet's announcement on Sunday afternoon at the Presidential Palace.
'I asked the KPK's leaders and they said there were no [yellow or red marks over Jokowi's ministers],' he said on Monday as quoted by kompas.com.
However, Johan said the KPK could not guarantee that Jokowi's ministers could protect themselves from the temptations of graft over the next five years.
He said there was a possibility that the appointees could change once they wielded authority.
Johan previously explained that individuals given red marks were highly vulnerable to being named graft suspects. Those given yellow marks, he added, also faced the possibility of being named suspects, but their risk level was lower than those given red marks.
He said he appreciated Jokowi and Kalla for having invited the KPK and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) to participate in selecting the Cabinet's members in a bid to appoint clean ministers, something that had not been conducted by former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Under the leadership of Yudhoyono, the KPK had named several ministers as graft suspects, namely former youth and sports affairs minister Andi Mallarangeng, former energy and mineral resources minister Jero Wacik, former health minister Siti Fadilah Supari and former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali. (alz)
