TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Zulkarnain said that the KPK law revision was unnecessary and should not be included in the 2016 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas).
“If the revision is aimed at weakening [the KPK], there’s no need for it,” Zulkarnain told Tempo on Tuesday, January 26, 2016.
Zulkarnain explained that the current KPK Law should provide the KPK with enough bases to conduct corruption prevention and enforcement efforts. Zulkarnain added that it would be more important to discuss how to reinforce KPK’s operation and strategic plan.
Zulkarnain said that the KPK law revision would result in an increase in the budget.
“Nomenclature replacement in a law could be costly,” he added.
In terms of a promise that the House of Representatives (DPR) will focus on four topics of revision, Zulkarnain said that there would be no guarantee that discussion would deviate from the four topics.
“To what extent is the guarantee, and who made the guarantee? Public said that [the revision] is not necessary,” Zulkarnain said.
Zulkarnain called on the government and the House to prioritize the revision of the Law on Corruption Crime and the Law on Asset-forfeiture.
“These laws are more important for Prolegnas. But why do they insist on [revising] the KPK law?”
Earlier, the House of Representatives had agreed to include the KPK law revision in 2016 Prolegnas. The House guaranteed that the discussion would be focus on four topics related to the letter of order to stop investigation (SP3), KPK Supervision, tapping warrant, and independent investigators. House speaker Ade Komarudin said that the discussion would not deviate from the four topics.
ARKHELAUS W.