Sumber gambar: ugm.ac.id
I received a motion of “the effort to weaken the authorities of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Indonesia”.
To that motion, I express my firm disagreement. First and foremost, we have to comprehend what is KPK, why was it established and what authorities does it possess. KPK was initially formed in 2002 through Law No. 30 of 2002. Its legal status is a “State Auxiliary Body”, thus it falls outside of the trias politica system in which it is neither executive nor legislative nor judicial body. This shows that it has an independent authority not subject to interference by any branches. It has its own investigators, independent from the Police. It can undertake tapping, if necessary. As such, if I could name one institution whose power can reach even the highest level of the government, KPK would be it. We have to understand that KPK serves noble purpose and objective.