Taufiequrachman Ruki, KPK Acting Chairman
I enforce the rules and ethics

During his last days as acting chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Taufiequrachman Ruki has drawn quite sharp criticism from different groups of people. Anti-corruption activists regard his policies and his other fellow KPK leaders as having undermined the authority of the KPK. One major case in point is how they gave the 'green light' to the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government to revise the legislation on the KPK.

But Ruki dismisses all those criticisms, maintaining he had no intention to weaken the KPK. "What we do is respond to the government's requests, linked to the KPK's authority (in the plan to revise the KPK law)," he said. The following are the written responses Ruki sent back to our questions:

December 15, 2015