TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Representatives of 75 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees who failed to pass the civic knowledge test or known as TWK planned to hold a press conference today, May 17, 2021. The test was contrived as a condition for the employees to be civil servants.

“Yes, it is true, but only some of them [will attend], because of the prokes (COVID-19 health protocol),” said the Inter-Commission and Institution Cooperation Network Directorate (PJKAKI) Director Sujanarko via a text message on Monday, May 17, 2021. It was reported that they planned to discuss questions given on the test.

Since the KPK stated that dozens of its employees did not pass the test, there has not been a decision on their career yet. Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri said the decision would be made based on the results of coordination with the Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry and the State Civil Service Agency.

“To KPK, all 1,586 employees are people with integrity and assets for the institution in its efforts to eradicate corruption,” Ali said on May 16.

Ali denied that the KPK suspended the 75 employees who did not pass the test. They were not dismissed because all their rights and responsibilities remained valid, he added.

Ali clarified the sentence saying “handing over duties and responsibilities to the direct superior” noted in the Decree concerning KPK employees issued by KPK Chair Firli Bahuri. He explained that if there is a task that has the potential to cause legal implications during this polemic, it will be better to hand it first to the superior until further decision.

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ANDITA RAHMA