"I ask the KPK, National Police, and Attorney Generals Office to support each other and build public confidence," Joko Widodo said here on Wednesday.
The President ordered the three institutions of state law to prioritize corruption eradication and concern themselves with the prosecution of corruption cases.
"Illegal logging, illegal fishing, and illegal mining must be matters of concern," the President affirmed.
Meanwhile, Attorney General HM Prasetyo stated that corruption is rampant in Indonesia; so the AGO, KPK, and Police should together combat corruption.
"We will establish technical cooperation among institutions later," Prasetyo added.
Last Wednesday, President Joko Widodo had resolved a conflict between the KPK and Police by nominating Commissioner General Badrodin Haiti as the police chief candidate and selecting three acting KPK commissioners.
"For the sake of the Polices stability, we propose Commissioner General Badrodin Haiti as the police chief candidate to the House of Representatives (DPR)," he had said at the Merdeka Palace here.
President Joko Widodo asked Commissioner General Budi Gunawan, who was earlier approved by the DPR to fill the police chiefs post, to continue contributing his best to the police, make it more professional, and win the peoples trust.
"He can contribute from any position that will be entrusted to him," he had stated, adding that he will also issue a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) for naming three acting commissioners of the anti-graft body.
The figures we have chosen to replace Abraham Samad and Bambang Widjojanto and to fill a commissioners post are Taufiequrrahman Ruki (former KPK chairman), Indriyanto Senoaji (the University of Indonesias law expert), and Johan Budi (the KPKs prevention unit head).
President Joko Widodo later revealed he had issued a Presidential Decree followed by the issuance of Perppu to resolve the KPKs leadership problem after Abraham Samad was named suspect in an alleged document falsification case and Bambang Widjojanto was named in the Kotawaringin Barat election dispute case.
The KPK-Police conflict surfaced after the anti-graft body named Budi Gunawan, the sole candidate for police chief, in a corruption case on January 13, 2015.
KPK investigators accused Budi Gunawan of receiving bribes through suspicious transactions when he headed the Police Headquarters Career Planning Bureau during 2003-2006 and held other posts in police.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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