Inquiry on KPK Not Necessary
Representatives from the Corruption Eradication Awareness Society, Natalia Soebagjo (right), Betti Alisjahbana (left) and Zainal Arifin Mochtar attend a press conference at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Friday (21/4/2017). They urged the House of Representatives not to intervene with the KPK’s investigative process by launching a right to inquiry against the anti-graft body, and encouraged the National Police to thoroughly investigate a recent acid attack on Novel Baswedan.
No one is rejecting it, as the inquiry right is the right of the House of Representatives. However, using the right of inquiry to force the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) disclose a legal document is not right.
The House’s move in attempting to force the KPK to disclose the recording of an investigation by KPK investigators on House member Miryam Haryani does not have any legal basis. The public can see it is only an attempt by the House to obstruct the thorough uncovering of the electronic ID case by the KPK.