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Committee announces 10 final KPK leadership candidates
The final list comprises one incumbent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioner, one police general, one prosecutor with the Attorney General's Office, one Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) auditor, one lawyer, two academics, one judge and two civil servants.
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Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairperson Basaria Panjaitan (second right) meets KPK selection committee (Pansel) head Yenti Garnasih (third right), and other committee members on Wednesday at the antigraft body’s headquarters in Jakarta. The selection committee will soon begin the recruitment of the new KPK leaders. (Antara/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)
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he selection committee for the leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) submitted to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday the list of the 10 final candidates who will compete for the antigraft body’s top posts.
Committee chairwoman Yenti Garnasih along with her aides announced the names at the State Palace following a closed-door meeting with Jokowi on Monday afternoon.
Comprising nine men and one woman, the candidates are as follows:
- Alexander Marwata - Incumbent KPK commissioner
- Firli Bahuri - Police general
- I Nyoman Wara - Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) auditor
- Johanis Tanak - Prosecutor with the Attorney General’s Office
- Lili Pintauli Siregar - Lawyer
- Luthfi Jayadi Kurniawan - Academic
- Nawawi Pomolango - Judge
- Nurul Ghufron - Academic
- Roby Arya - Cabinet Secretariat civil servant
- Sigit Danang Joyo - Finance Ministry civil servant
After the meeting, Jokowi told journalists that he had requested the committee to consider insights from civil society organizations in selecting the final candidates.
“This is the era of openness. I demanded that insights from citizens as well as high profile figures be considered in scrutinizing what the selection committee has done,” the President said as quoted by Antara, adding that he was not in a rush to submit the list to the House of Representatives.
Yenti, however, denied that the committee had changed the list, which was agreed upon during a meeting on Monday morning.
“The committee is an extension of the President's authority. Therefore, this is the final result. There won’t be any change to it,” she told journalists.
