Unlike Jokowi, Presidential Palace Has No Plans to Revise KPK Law

The Presidential Palace, through State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi, has affirmed that the government has no plans to revert the law on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to its previous version.

This stance differs from that of Indonesia’s seventh president, Joko Widodo, who has voiced support for the idea of revising the KPK law.

Prasetyo said there had been no internal government discussions on revising the KPK law, including during President Prabowo Subianto’s meeting with former KPK chairman Abraham Samad — the first party to raise the issue.

“There haven’t been any. There were absolutely no discussions about that,” Prasetyo said after attending a coordination meeting on flood recovery in Sumatra at the parliamentary complex on Wednesday (18 February).

Prasetyo was unfazed when asked about Jokowi’s support for reverting the KPK law to its earlier version. He stressed that the discourse on revising the KPK law had nothing to do with Jokowi.

“What does this have to do with Pak Jokowi? Nothing. There’s nothing,” he added.

In recent weeks, Jokowi responded to the proposal to restore the KPK law to its pre-revision form.

The proposal was put forward by Abraham Samad, KPK chairman for the 2011-2015 period, during a meeting with President Prabowo at Kertanegara on Friday (30 January). Jokowi welcomed Samad’s proposal.

Jokowi even claimed he was not involved in the 2019 revision of the KPK law. At the time, he said he did not sign the revised version.

“Yes, I agree, that’s good,” Jokowi said after watching Persis Solo play against Madura United at Manahan Stadium in Solo on Friday (13 February).