In response to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s go-ahead for the deliberation of a law amendment that is expected to weaken the country’s antigraft agency, three senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials said on Friday that they would return their mandates to the President. KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo and deputy chairmen Saut Situmorang and Laode Muhammad Syarif held a press conference on Friday evening in response to the President’s approval for the deliberation of the amendment of the 2002 KPK Law, which could, among other changes, limit the KPK’s ability to use wiretapping during an investigation. Although it was thought by many that their abrupt announcement amounted to their resignation, they did not confirm this. "After thorough consideration, we as the highest people in charge of the KPK, with a heavy heart, declare t...