PRESIDENT Joko Widodo should not in the least be ambivalent about the House of Representatives' (DPR) plan to use its right of inquiry to investigate the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). His indifferent remark that the right of inquiry was the DPR's prerogative seems to suggest the President is backpedaling on his previous call to strengthen the KPK.

As head of the state, President Widodo should realize that the DPR's inquiry can ultimatel