Tuesday, December 6, 2011

New KPK Leaders: Rational Selection or Politics?



This leaked document obtained by The Jakarta Post reveals the detailed scores* of the government-tasked selection panel which was assigned to assess the eight candidates competing to become the new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) executives. 



 

Leadership
Integrity
Competency
Independency
Total score
Decision
Bambang 
95
96
92
92
450
Chosen
Yunus
89
92.5
91
87.5
432
No
Abdullah
82.5
90
81
88
410
No
Handoyo
76
86
84
87.5
401
No
Abraham
75
79
73
78
367
Chosen
Zulkarnaen
77.5
79
81
78
379
Chosen
Pandupraja
72.5
75
72.5
73
352
Chosen
Arianto
82
70
83
71
367.5
No
* source: Government-tasked Selection Panel
*ranking was sorted by candidate's integrity, not overall score
*using conversion score of maximum 120. i.e: Bambang received 114 for 'leadership' hence his conversion score was 0.95


 

Based on the ranking, the selection panel recommended four names to the House of Representatives to be chosen as the new KPK executives: lawyer Bambang Widjojanto, former Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) chief Yunus Husein, KPK advisor Abdullah Hehamahua, and KPK internal affairs director Handoyo Sudrajat

In choosing the new KPK four executives, however, the recommendation of the selection panel -which comprises of academics, psychologists, legal experts and former KPK leader- was apparently 'neglected' by the House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs. As the consequence, doubts emerged: Were the chosen candidates really the bests among the rests? Or was the selection process merely politics?

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