Jakarta (VNA) – Five members of Indonesia’s Corruption EradicationCommission (KPK) supervisory council took their oaths of office beforePresident Joko Widodo in Jakarta on December 20.
Speaking atthe inauguration ceremony, President Joko Widodo hoped the KPK will be a fairand transparent agency to oppose wrongdoings and eradicate corruption that isposing a great threat to Indonesia’s economy.
He believed the new KPK president and allcommissioners would coordinatewell with other supervisory bodies to make breakthroughs in anti-graftoperation.
Insp. Gen.Firli Bahuri, former South Samutra Police chief was voted by the House ofRepresentatives as the new KPK president.
In September, Indonesia’s parliament approved changes toa law overseeing the Corruption Eradication Commission, one of the country’smost respected agencies.
Under the new law, the agency will beoverseen by an Oversight Council, handpicked by President Joko Widodo, andinvestigators will lose their right to wiretap suspects without a warrant.
Since its establishment in 2002, the KPK has operatedindependently with legislative and law enforcement and judicial sectors ofIndonesia./.
Indonesia’s upper house, lower house have new presidents
Senator La Nyalla Mattalitti was elected President of the Regional Representative Council (DPD), Indonesia’s upper house, for the 2019-2024 tenure on October 1 evening, local media reported.