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KPK selection team proceeds amid protest
A team, selected by President Joko Widodo, has been tasked with selecting candidates to lead the antigraft body and present their names to the House of Representatives.
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Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees form a human chain around their office in Jakarta on Thursday. They were sending a message that they were not afraid of intimidation in the wake of the latest assault on a KPK investigator by an unindentified man at Hotel Borobudur on Saturday night. (The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana )
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ith incumbent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders approaching the end of their term, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has established a special committee to select new commissioners to replace them.
However, the move has been criticized by antigraft activists who argued that the background of some team members was not in line with the country’s corruption eradication vision.
KPK leadership under chairman Agus Rahardjo, which includes deputy chairpersons Laode Muhammad Syarif, Saut Situmorang, Basaria Panjaitan and Alexander Marwata, is set to end on Dec. 21 — four years after they were appointed.
Jokowi signed a decree on the formation of a KPK leadership selection team on Friday.
The team has been tasked with selecting candidates to lead the antigraft body and present their names to the House of Representatives. These candidates would then undergo a fit-and-proper test.
Its nine members include legal academics, law and human rights activists, as well as government officials.
Yenti Garnasih, a money laundering expert from Trisakti University, will lead the team, while former KPK commissioner and legal expert Indriyanto Seno Adji will serve as deputy chairman.
