Resignation the Best Choice

The decision of the Supervisory Council of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to issue a light sanction against KPK deputy chairwoman Lili Pintauli Siregar has torn apart the sense of justice.

Kompas/Hendra A Setyawan

Deputy Chairperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission Lili Pintauli Siregar

The lenient sanction of a 40 percent pay cut for 12 months is incomparable to Lili\'s improper behavior. Lili deserves to be demanded that she resign as the KPK deputy chair because she has actually lost her legitimacy, both morally and ethically, as part of the KPK leadership.

Lili\'s act of contacting an individual under KPK investigation and directing him to seek legal counsel is difficult for common sense to accept. Based on the findings of the KPK Supervisory Council, Lili was proven to have contacted Tanjungbalai Mayor M. Syahrial and inform him that the KPK had a case against him. Lili then directed Syahrial to seek out the legal advisor she referred him to. The council also found that Lili had used her influence to obtain fees for a relative who was a former acting president director of PDAM Tirta Kualo Tanjungbalai, a regional tap water company.