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Jokowi tries to restore KPK powers, but can he do it?
The government is planning to issue three presidential regulations that will be the foundations for a new era for the KPK.
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurates five new commissioners of the Corruption Eradication Commission on Dec. 20 at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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n a move seen as an attempt to salvage Indonesia’s antigraft agency, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has drafted a regulation that will restore several functions for the leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) that had been eradicated in the amended KPK Law.
The draft presidential regulation (Perpres), a copy of which has been obtained by The Jakarta Post, stipulates that as one of their duties, the KPK commissioners will assume the roles of prosecutors and investigators to crack down on corruption cases, as stated in the second paragraph of article 2 in the draft regulation.
The particular article of the draft regulation reinstates a clause in Article 21 of the now-defunct 2002 KPK Law, which stipulated that KPK leaders had the authority to act as investigators and prosecutors when handling corruption cases. The provision was removed in the new KPK Law.
State Secretary Pramono Anung said the Jokowi administration aimed to see a “strong” KPK that truly performed well.
“There is no intent on the part of the government to weaken the KPK because a strong KPK will benefit the government,” said Pramono in the Bogor Palace in West Java on Friday.
Moreover, the KPK commissioners will also be tasked with coordinating with and supervising the relevant authorities to combat graft and monitoring the performance of the government, among other tasks.
The draft regulation also mandates the establishment of a new deputy branch in the KPK’s organization, namely a supervision and monitoring deputy, who will be expected to formulate and recommend administrative policies to other government institutions as part of graft-prevention practices, as well as an inspectorate general to spearhead the agency’s internal monitoring system.
