BRANDISH RED REPORT CARD - ELIMINATING CORRUPTION IN INDONESIA - Awhan Ibaad El-Adzkiyaa, Labib Muttaqin

Sep 10, 2026

The paper examines the struggle surrounding revisions to Indonesia’s KPK Law beginning in 2010 and highlights a key turning point in September 2019 when the House of Representatives approved changes to Law No. 30 of 2002 on the KPK. Despite rejection from professors, academics, and community coalitions, the DPR pursued weakening the KPK. Using a qualitative literature review, the study analyzes the KPK’s anti-corruption mandate and the constraints preventing full responsibility. Results note that Law 19/2019 was claimed to improve performance, yet compared with prior KPK performance it led to a considerable decline.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages12

Reading Time30 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Background of KPK law revision

Public controversy and legal challenges

Method

Qualitative approach and literature review

Findings

Law 19/2019 and impact on KPK performance

BRANDISH RED REPORT CARD: ELIMINATING CORRUPTION IN INDONESIA Awhan Ibaad El-Adzkiyaa1, Labib Muttaqin2 Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Indonesia [1](1 adzkiyaa.ahwan@gmail.com 2 lm812@ums.ac.id)[ adzkiyaa.ahwan@gmail.com](1 adzkiyaa.ahwan@gmail.com 2 lm812@ums.ac.id)[ 2](1 adzkiyaa.ahwan@gmail.com 2 lm812@ums.ac.id)[ lm812@ums.ac.id](1 adzkiyaa.ahwan@gmail.com 2 lm812@ums.ac.id) | PAPER INFO | ABSTRACT | | --- | --- | | Received: March 2022
Revised: April 2022
Approved: April 2022 | Background: The tug of war about the revision of the KPK Law since 2010 met a bright spot in 2019 precisely in September 2019, the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia passed a revision of Law No.
30 of 2002 on the KPK. Although rejected by professors, academics, and community coalitions, the DPR still fights for its right to weaken the KPK. Aim: This research aims to explore laws related to KPK to eliminate corruption in Indonesia.
Method: The qualitative approach and literature review were employed in this research. The information was compiled from a variety of documents and other sources. The sources highlight KPK's efforts to eradicate corruption and how, unfortunately, KPK is prevented from fulfilling its responsibilities. Findings: It is ironic that the government and DPR agree that Law 19/2019 is in place to improve the KPK's performance. However, when compared to the performance of the KPK prior to the enactment of Law 19/2019, the reality is that it has resulted in a considerable drop in performance. | | KEYWORDS | independence; KPK; executive | INTRODUCTION It has been 23 years since the reform era went on, but have the demands for reform on"Tumpas Korupsi" been implemented? Refusing to forget, Indonesia is a country rich in natural resources and abundant in terms of tax and non-tax revenues, so to get rich is an easy thing for the people in Indonesia (Rumokoy, 2016) . Unfortunately, the timeless mice still colonize during the pandemic. Enriching themselves, forming an oligarch to jointly carry out the act of stealing people's money. The achievement of the rats is dimensional so the corruption perception index score in Indonesia by Transparency International is 37 out of 100 which means that a country is getting corrupt with a small score. Whereas in the 2019 presidential election, Jokowi and Ma'ruf Amin promised anti-corruption with the vision of "Enforcement of a corruption-free, dignified, and trusted legal system". Sweet remarks that until now have not been proven, even now more and more become. People who are greedy for property do not stop to find loopholes so that their crimes are not sniffed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) (Romziatussa’adah, 2014) . The revision of the KPK Law is the solution. The tug of war about the revision of the KPK Law since 2010 met a bright spot in 2019 precisely in September 2019, the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia passed a revision of Law No. 30 of 2002 on the KPK. Although rejected by professors, academics, and community coalitions, the DPR still fights for its right to weaken the KPK. The DPR is increasingly sane because it is only a short enough time to discuss the revision of the KPK Law and pass it at the end of 2019. After that, the ratification of the revision of the KPK Law attracted many controversies, especially among students and anti-corruption activists, and the public who considered the ratification of the revision of the KPK Law to be improper. The wave of action is present to reject the results of the revision of the KPK Law which is considered to have eliminated the power of the KPK in investigating the existing corruption cases. This action also demanded the president to issue a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (PERPU) which contains canceling the results of the revision of the controversial KPK Law. However, unfortunately, the President is reluctant to do so. As if everything has been desig

FAQs

What is the main focus of this research?

The research explores legal issues related to the KPK to eliminate corruption in Indonesia and to understand how the KPK’s responsibilities are hindered.

What method does the study use?

It uses a qualitative approach with a literature review, compiling data from documents and other sources describing KPK efforts and legal constraints.

What does the study find about Law 19/2019’s impact on the KPK?

Although the government and DPR state that Law 19/2019 improves KPK performance, the study reports that the actual outcome is a considerable drop in performance compared with the period before the law took effect.

Sep 10, 2026

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