16 anticorruption commission candidates chosen for shortlist<\/p>\n
Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Anticorruption watchdog leaders are among the 16 candidates of
\nthe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders who will
\nundergo the final selection assessments on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Romli Atmasasmita, the selection committee chairman, announced
\non Tuesday the last 16 candidates who were shortlisted from 29
\npeople who underwent a series of administrative, capability and
\nintegrity evaluations.<\/p>\n
Transparency International Indonesia chairman Erry Riyana
\nHardjapamekas, anticorruption lawyers Iskandar Sonhadji and
\nBambang Widjojanto, senior prosecutor M. Yamin, and members of
\nthe State Official Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) Chairul Umam
\nand Momo Kelana were on the list of the last 16 candidates
\nannounced by the selection committee chairman Romli Atmasasmita
\non Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\"They qualified based on their performance, track record and
\nexperience (in combating corruption). We have no other
\ninterests,\" he told reporters, without elaborating on the
\nparameters used by the selection committee to whittle down the
\nnumber.<\/p>\n
During the final evaluation day on Thursday, the KPK selection
\ncommittee will select 10 candidates, who will be presented to the
\nPresident for approval on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The president, who has no right to veto the selected
\ncandidates, is expected to submit the names to the House of
\nRepresentatives on Dec. 12. It will be the House that will choose
\nthe final five members of KPK, which will have to start working
\nby Dec. 27.<\/p>\n
The interviews of the 16 candidates at the Ministry of Justice
\nand Human Rights on Thursday will be open to the public.<\/p>\n
Separately, the Coalition of the Judiciary Observers
\ncriticized the committee for picking several candidates with
\nquestionable track records for the short list.<\/p>\n
\"We don't know how or why they picked a candidate who was
\ndismissed as a prosecutor due to ethical problems,\" Asep Rahmat
\nFajar lamented.<\/p>\n
The coalition was also shocked that several candidates were
\npicked who had a host of irregularities on their wealth reports
\nlast year, prosecutors who have dropped charges under suspicious
\ncircumstances against corruption defendants as well as those who
\nhave links to the political elite.<\/p>\n
\"About half of the (remaining 16) candidates are not fit to
\nsit on the body,\" Asep said, expressing his pessimism that the
\nselection committee would manage to submit credible candidates to
\nthe President.<\/p>\n
Despite its criticism, the coalition supported the selection
\ncommittee's promise to choose only the best candidates Megawati's
\nperusal.<\/p>\n
\"If they manage to only select seven candidates, so be it,\"
\nAsep said.<\/p>\n
The establishment of KPK, which has been postponed several
\ntimes since 1999 due to the government's failure to comply with
\nthe law on corruption eradication, is expected to help the
\ncountry curb corruption.<\/p>\n
KPK is dubbed a \"super body,\" as its authority will include
\ninvestigation and prosecution of corrupters, which is currently
\nthe sole domain of the police and prosecutors.<\/p>\n
It will also have the authority to take over the investigation
\nand prosecution of corruption cases from the police and
\nprosecutors.<\/p>\n
No significant achievements have been made since the students
\nbegan their campaign against corruption, collusion and nepotism
\nat the beginning of the reform movement in 1998.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has regularly been recognized internationally as one
\nof the world's most corrupt countries.<\/p>\n
The survey by Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) has
\nrated corruption index in Indonesia at 1.9, out of possible 10.<\/p>\n
KPK executive body candidates current job<\/p>\n
1. Abdul Rani Rasyid state auditor<\/p>\n
2. Insp. Gen. (ret) Momo Kelana KPKPN member<\/p>\n
3. Sjahruddin Rasul finance ministry official<\/p>\n
4. Chairul Imam KPKPN member<\/p>\n
5. Asikum Wirataatmadja auditor<\/p>\n
6. Iskandar Sonhadji lawyer<\/p>\n
7. FX. Hery Sumanta prosecutor<\/p>\n
8. Moh. Yamin prosecutor<\/p>\n
9. Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas NGO activist<\/p>\n
10. Bambang Widjojanto NGO activist<\/p>\n
11. Juni Sjafrien Jahja prosecutor<\/p>\n
12. Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean former prosecutor<\/p>\n
13. Listianto private company executive<\/p>\n
14. Marsilam Simanjuntak former attorney general<\/p>\n
15. Taufiequrachman Ruki former House member<\/p>\n
16. Amien Sunaryadi private auditor<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/16-anticorruption-commission-candidates-chosen-for-shortlist-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }