Central Information Commission Ruling Offers Hope for 57 Former KPK Employees Who Failed National Insight Test

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has responded to the possibility of 57 former employees, who failed the national insight test (TWK), being reinstated after the Central Information Commission (KI) ruled that the State Personnel Agency must disclose the results of the test. The Central Information Commission partially granted the request of the 57 former KPK employees. “Yes, I will inform the Secretary-General and the Legal Bureau to conduct a review first,” said the Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Setyo Budiyanto, at the Ministry of State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform building, Jakarta, Tuesday (24 February 2026). Setyo explained that this is the KPK’s initial response to the ruling by the Central Information Commission (KI), which the IM57+ Institute considers to be the beginning of the reinstatement of the 57 victims of the 2021 KPK national insight test (TWK). Previously, on Monday, 23 February 2026, the Central Information Commission, during a hearing, partially granted the request regarding the information dispute concerning the results of the KPK’s TWK. The request was submitted by two former KPK employees who were considered victims of the TWK, which was conducted as part of the process of changing their status to civil servants (ASN) in 2021, namely Ita Khoiriyah and Hotman Tambunan. They represent the 57 former KPK employees who were declared to have failed the TWK. On a separate occasion, Ita Khoiriyah stated that the Central Information Commission’s ruling is one form of progress for the efforts to restore the 57 victims of the KPK’s TWK, who have been seeking justice for the past five years. Meanwhile, Hotman Tambunan stated that the Central Information Commission’s ruling is not only a victory for the 57 victims of the KPK’s TWK. “This is not only a victory for the victims of the TWK, but also a victory for all forms of intimidation and manipulation against the fight against corruption and democracy,” he said. The Chairman of the IM57+ Institute, Laksa Anindito, stated that the Central Information Commission’s ruling confirms that there is no reason for President Prabowo Subianto not to restore the status of the 57 victims of the KPK’s TWK.