If they really are committed to eradicating corruption, then the KPK is open to collaborate with any party.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Vice Chairman Nurul Ghufron echoed the anti-graft body's openness to collaborate with Indonesia Memanggil (Indonesia Calling) 57 Institute, or IM57+ Institute, formed by ex-KPK employees.

"If they really are committed to eradicating corruption, then the KPK is open to collaborate with any party," Ghufron stated at the KPK Building here on Friday.

The KPK vice chairman asserted that the agency will continue to conduct duties to fight corruption in cooperation with all members of society.

Earlier, some 57 employees of the KPK were honorably discharged after reportedly failing in the civic knowledge test (TWK).

The 57 discharged KPK staff performed a long march from the KPK Main Office building in Rasuna Said Road, South Jakarta, to the KPK's Anti-Corruption Learning Centre (ACLC) building, which is located 500 meters from the anti-graft headquarters on Thursday, September 30.

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At the farewell, former KPK investigator M. Praswad Nugraha noted that the 57 former KPK staff will form the IM57+ Institute.

Nugraha is optimistic that the IM57+ Institute would function as a platform to contribute to efforts to eradicate corruption through monitoring, strategy, and anti-corruption education.

"The IM57+Institute will serve as our platform to unite and continue our struggle to eradicate corruption from this country," he stated at the ACLC building.

The IM57+ Institute has an executive board comprising Hery Muryanto, former Deputy of Coordination and Supervision; Sujanarko, former Director of Job Network Mentorship between Commissions and Institutions; Novel Baswedan; Giri Suprapdiono, former Director of Anti-Corruption Dissemination and Campaign; and Chandra S.R., the former head of Human Resources.

In addition to the executive board, the IM57+ Institute has an investigation board, law and strategic research board, as well as education and training board.

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