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KPK is still needed, says attorney general
âWe still need the KPKâ: Attorney General Prasetyo plays down rumors saying that the revision of Law No
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âWe still need the KPKâ: Attorney General Prasetyo plays down rumors saying that the revision of Law No. 30/2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is not aimed at degrading the power of the antigraft body. (Kompas/Iwan Setiyawan) (KPK) is not aimed at degrading the power of the antigraft body. (Kompas/Iwan Setiyawan)
'We still need the KPK': Attorney General Prasetyo plays down rumors saying that the revision of Law No. 30/2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is not aimed at degrading the power of the antigraft body. (Kompas/Iwan Setiyawan)
Attorney General Prasetyo asserted on Thursday that the existence of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was still needed, refuting a suspicion that the revision of Law No. 30/2002 on the KPK was aimed at weakening the antigraft body.
He said a controversial article on the time limit of the KPK, as stipulated in a draft of the law's revision, was still being debated.
'We still need the KPK. There is no desire to weaken the KPK. In the spirit of corruption eradication, the KPK, the National Police and the Attorney General's Office [AGO] will walk together,' Prasetyo said in Semarang on Thursday.
He further said that there should be a much clearer arrangement concerning the revision of regulations for the antigraft body and there should not be overlapping regulations. 'The point is to eradicate corruption,' said Prasetyo.
The revision of the 2002 KPK Law has been included in the 2015-2019 National Legislation Program. As reported earlier, the House of Representatives is now taking the initiative to revise the 2002 KPK Law, which was initially proposed by the government, due to the latter's slow movement in following up about a law revision.
On Thursday, dozens of activists joining the Central Java Anticorruption Civil Society Coalition staged a peaceful rally to protest the revision of the 2002 KPK Law at Bundaran Air Mancur on Jl. Pahlawan in Semarang.
The protesters House members aimed to weaken the KPK's power by striving to revise the law. They brought white posters emblazoned with sharp critiques against the House during the rally. They also brought a wooden cross, usually used to mark a grave, with'RIP KPK' written on it.
'We, from the Central Java Anticorruption Civil Society Coalition, reject the revision of the KPK Law. If the draft revision is passed into a law, we will mourn the loss of Nawa Cita,' said Hanindya, an anti-corruption activist from Semarang State University, referring to the nine-point development agenda of President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla. (ebf)
