Central Information Commission ruling opens path for 57 former KPK employees' return, says commission chief

Regarding the possibility of 57 former employees returning after the decision by the Central Information Commission, here is what the Head of the KPK said.

• Yeni Lestari/VIVA

Jakarta, VIVA – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has commented on the possibility of 57 former employees, who failed the national insight test (TWK), returning after the decision issued by the Central Information Commission.

In its decision, the Central Information Commission ordered the State Personnel Agency to disclose the results of the test.

“Yes, I will inform the Secretary-General and the Legal Bureau to conduct a review first,” said the Head of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Setyo Budiyanto, at the Ministry of State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform building, Jakarta, quoted from ANTARA, Wednesday, 25 February 2026.

Setyo explained that this is the KPK’s initial response to the decision of the Central Information Commission (KI), which the IM57+ Institute considers to be the beginning of the return of the 57 victims of the KPK’s national insight test (TWK) in 2021.

Previously, on Monday, 23 February 2026, the Central Information Commission, in a hearing, partially granted the request for the resolution of a dispute regarding the results of the KPK’s TWK.

The request was submitted by two former KPK employees who were considered victims of the TWK conducted as part of the transfer of 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 different occasion, Ita Khoiriyah stated that the decision of the Central Information Commission 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 decision of the Central Information Commission 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 corruption eradication and democracy,” he said.

The Head of the IM57+ Institute, Laksa Anindito, stated that the decision of the Central Information Commission confirms that there is no reason for President Prabowo Subianto not to restore the status of the 57 victims of the KPK’s TWK.