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Jokowi swears in 'weak' KPK commissioners
Big responsibility: Agus Rahardjo, the newly elected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) head, being sworn in by President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo with other four commissioners at State Palace on Dec
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Big responsibility: Agus Rahardjo, the newly elected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) head, being sworn in by President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo with other four commissioners at State Palace on Dec. 21. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari) (KPK) head, being sworn in by President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo with other four commissioners at State Palace on Dec. 21. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari)
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span class="caption">Big responsibility: Agus Rahardjo, the newly elected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) head, being sworn in by President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo with other four commissioners at State Palace on Dec. 21. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari)
President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has sworn in five newly elected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioners at the State Palace amid public pessimism about the credentials of the new leadership team.
The new commissioners, Alexander Marwata, Agus Raharjo, Basaria Panjaitan, Laode Muhammad Syarif and Thony Saut Situmoran, took up their posts on Monday.
Activists have expressed strong disappointment over their election, saying the new leadership team would make the antigraft body very weak.
'I am worried that the KPK is no longer a commission to eradicate corruption, but a commission to support corruption,' Emerson Yuntho, an activist from NGO Indonesian Corruption Watch, said as quoted by Kompas.com.
Setara Institute chairman Hendardi, meanwhile, said the five new commissioners would not help in efforts to eradicate corruption.
"The elected KPK commissioners did not give convincing responses during their screening. Therefore, the corruption eradication outlook is heading toward a dark era,' Hendardi said in a statement.
Both activists lamented that lawmakers had overlooked figures with good track records in fighting corruption, such as acting KPK commissioner Johan Budi and incumbent KPK commissioner Busyro Muqoddas.
House of Representatives Commission III, which oversees legal affairs, human rights and security, elected the five candidates at a plenary meeting last week. (dan)(+)
