This former investigator reveals the reasons why the government should return 57 KPK employees

Jakarta – Former senior KPK investigator Praswad Nugraha has stated that he wants to return to work at the KPK. He fought alongside 57 employees who are members of the IM57+ Institute. “Due to the widespread aspirations of the public that the 57 employees removed by the TWK mechanism to return to active service at the KPK, I can say that it is true that I and all my fellow 57 employees are willing to return,” Praswad told journalists on Saturday (18/10/2025). SCROLL TO CONTINUE CONTENT Praswad also revealed that there were a number of reasons why the government had to return them to the KPK. First, he assessed that the momentum of reactivating 57 KPK employees who were victims of discrimination through the National Insight Test (NIT) during the era of Firli Bahuri’s leadership could be used by President Prabowo and the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Committee as clear evidence that this era is not the same as the corrupt era. “A clear demarcation must be drawn between the Firli Bahuri era and the Setyo Budiyanto era, there must be a distinction between the dark era of the KPK and the enlightened era of the KPK, and the most concrete thing to prove this is to restore the constitutional rights of KPK employees that were brutally confiscated by depriving the Pancasila employees. human rights,” he said. According to him, this move to return KPK employees will be the clearest sign that the KPK has changed in the era of President Prabowo Subianto and under the current leadership of Setyo Budiyanto. He hopes that the government and KPK will commit to protecting anti-corruption fighters, and not embrace those who want to weaken the eradication of corruption. “Second (reason), efforts to improve the Corruption Eradication Commission which has fallen to the point of having a chairman and leaders who carry out corrupt acts cannot be done only by jargon and sweet promises. If you want to regain the people’s trust, none other than President Prabowo Subianto should start the zero point of his journey from the point of eradication of corruption in the point of eradication of corruption. Committee building,” he said. According to him, the return of the TWK ‘victim’ can revive the KPK as it once was. He said it is possible that the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) will stand up and regain public trust. “The return of employees whose integrity and fighting spirit have been tested in difficult times is an injection of energy and morale that is really needed to revive the spirit of the Corruption Eradication Commission, as well as the spirit of Indonesia to rise from adversity as one of the most corrupt countries in the Southeast Asia region,” he said. He said the next reason is that if the government facilitates them to return to work at the KPK, it will be a strong political message. He said this action could show that Prabowo’s government is not weakening the eradication of corruption. “This action will prove that this government is not a government that is corrupt or compromises on the practice of weakening the eradication of corruption, but rather a government that has clear political will and integrity to clean state institutions from the legacy of corrupt problems. This is clear evidence of the commitment to a “cleaner, stronger and more integrity Prabowo,” he said through Prabowo. Finally, he called the KPK leadership encouraged to uphold the principle of equality before the law. He also urged the KPK leadership to make the law work without intervention. “The credibility of the KPK being rebuilt will be tested in the field. We encourage the new KPK leadership to consistently uphold the principle of equality before the law and let the law work without interference, as is the spirit for which it is fought for,” he concluded. Also watch the video: Dewas holds ethics hearing for 93 Corruption Eradication Commission employees in case of alleged extortion in detention center (zap/dhn)