Abraham Samad who is now the chairman as well as member of the KPK for the period of 2011-2015 was sworn in at the State Palace along with other Muhammad Busyro Muqoddash, Bambang Widjojanto, Zulkarnaen and Adnan Pandu Praja.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, Vice President Boediono, Constitutional Court chairman Mahfud MD, the chairman of the Regional Representative Council, Irman Gusman, House Speaker Marzuki Alie and all cabinet members.
It was also attended by the old KPK deputies namely Bibit Samad Riyanto, Chandra Hamzah, Hariono and M Yasmin. Busyro Muqoddash who was formerly the chairman is now a deputy.
The KPK chairman and deputies for the 2011-2015 period are appointed based on Presidential Decree Number 72 P of 2011 dated on December 14.
Corruption is rampant in the country and so the task of the new KPK commissioners would be heavy.
Abraham Samad has pledged he would resign if he failed to deal with major cases in a year.
After successfully catching former ruling party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin in Colombia as a corruption suspect KPK has recently been able to return home Nunun Nurbaeti, another high profile corruption suspect, linked to politicians.
It however has not yet been able to unveil the alleged corruption case in the Century Bank bailout.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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