The KPK Saga

KOMPAS/RADITYA HELABUMI

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees together with anticorruption activists hold a theatrical performance symbolizing the KPK\'s "death" at the KPK building, Jakarta, Tuesday (17/9/2019) evening. The action was held in response to the ratification of the new KPK Law by the House of Representatives and the government in a plenary session.

The controversial tale of grief and anger (saga) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues. The uproar and commotion are expected to continue, even though the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government have agreed on the revisions and enacted a "new" KPK Law.

In terms of timing, the DPR’s initiative to revise Law No. 30/2002 on the KPK on 5 Sept. 2019 was not good for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. On the other hand, it appears that the time had arrived for the DPR to revise the law after its previous attempts failed in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017.