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KPK doubts Jokowi's antigraft commitment
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has said it will doubt President Joko âJokowiâ Widodoâs anticorruption commitment if he goes ahead with his plan to swear in troubled Comr
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has said it will doubt President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's anticorruption commitment if he goes ahead with his plan to swear in troubled Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan as the new police chief.
'Reading Jokowi's anti-corruption statement, he will betray this in the next five years and thus his commitment will be in doubt,' KPK deputy chairman Adnan Pandu Praja said Thursday. He was referring to the white book containing eight points on corruption eradication signed by all presidential and vice presidential candidates during the presidential campaign.
He made the statement at the KPK building when receiving volunteers who supported Jokowi during the recent presidential election. The volunteers visited the KPK building to show support for the commission in its investigation of a graft case implicating Budi and to call on the President to suspend Budi's inauguration as police chief.
Adnan said if the President swore in Budi, it would be very difficult.
'You can imagine if Budi is sworn in and we raid National Police headquarters to confiscate documents relating to the police chief, who is named a suspect in a graft case. We will be deemed as harassing the institution of the police. This could lead to inter-institution conflict and political chaos. So this kind of impact must be avoided,' he said, as quoted by Antara news agency.
He added that Budi's inauguration would also damage the cooperation between the two institutions, including the police in provinces, regencies and municipalities.
KPK chairman Abraham Samad had said previously that he would speed up the commission's investigation into the graft case and would arrest Budi, despite his position in the police, after more than 50 percent of Budi's dossiers were completed.(***)(+++)
