PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) central board chairman Said Abdullah has stated\nthat discussions on legislation in the House of Representatives (DPR)\nshould not be driven by the preferences of those in power, responding to\nformer President Joko Widodo\u2019s (Jokowi) support for reverting the KPK\nLaw to its original version.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, this is not about what Abraham Samad has said, nor what the\nseventh President has said. When we talk about legislation, we are not\ntalking about the tastes of those in power,\u201d Said Abdullah said at the\nparliamentary complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Thursday (19\nFebruary 2026).<\/p>\n
Said argued that legislative deliberation should not follow the\nwishes of whoever holds power. He reminded all parties that what must be\nacknowledged is that Indonesia\u2019s Corruption Perception Index has indeed\ndeclined.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I\u2019m in power, I change the law. When I\u2019m no longer in power, I\nrealise the law I changed was wrong, so let\u2019s change it again.\u2019 That\u2019s\nnot how it works. Let us recognise that our Corruption Perception Index\nhas fallen to its nadir,\u201d said the chairman of the DPR\u2019s Budget\nCommittee.<\/p>\n
He stated that reforming any law must be done objectively. Said\nemphasised that every legislative revision must be thoroughly studied,\nrather than being subject to a tug-of-war between competing\ninterests.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us fix things together. Let us not jump from one point to\nanother. Let us first complete the work on the Criminal Procedure Code\nbill that has already become law. After that, let us carefully consider\nthe objective conditions,\u201d Said Abdullah said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not about Abraham Samad, nor about Jokowi. It has nothing to\ndo with any of them. This is a matter for the nation. The DPR must not\nengage in a tug-of-war merely for the interests of person A or person B.\nIt must be studied thoroughly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Said stated he did not wish to be drawn into debates over who was the\n\u201cintellectual author\u201d of the KPK Law ratified in 2019. He warned that\npursuing such questions would divert the DPR from its proper role of\nprioritising the interests of the people.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to be trapped into discussing whether the intellectual\nauthor was Jokowi or anyone else \u2014 I have no concern with that. My\nconcern is how we can have legislation that truly serves our needs,\u201d\nSaid said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf our debates consist of constantly taking shots at one another,\nthen who exactly are we serving as members of the DPR? Surely we are not\nhere to serve the intellectual author of this or that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Said called for an end to the debate over who was behind the latest\nversion of the KPK Law. He urged that the Indonesian public be presented\nwith substantive deliberation instead.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the DPR went along with it? The DPR says no, that this actually\noriginated from there. What is the point of debating this? It\u2019s rubbish.\nThe public gains nothing from it. Let\u2019s stop pursuing things like that.\nLet us be substantive in our discussions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Previously, former President Jokowi expressed his support for a\nproposal by former KPK chairman Abraham Samad to revert the KPK Law to\nits earlier version. Jokowi noted that the revised version of the law\nwas initiated by the DPR.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I agree, it would be good to return the KPK Law to the old\nversion, because the revision was a DPR initiative. Make no mistake, it\nwas a DPR initiative,\u201d Jokowi said on Friday (13 February).<\/p>\n
Jokowi acknowledged that the KPK Law was revised during his\npresidency at the DPR\u2019s initiative. However, he stressed that he did not\nsign the revised law.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/pdip-responds-to-jokowi-on-kpk-law-legislative-reform-must-be-objective-not-erratic-1771627263", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }