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The weakening of the KPK continued with the selection of its leadership, where the selection committee, the president, and the parliament appeared to collude to choose a leader with a history of integrity issues. [...] This approach is preferable to granting the KPK the authority to issue an SP3, from the perspectives of the defendant’s interests, public interest, and the interests of the KPK’s investigators and public prosecutors themselves.” The KPK’s decision to terminate this investigation raises serious concerns about the direction of law enforcement policy and Indonesia’s commitment to eradicating corrupti. [...] Article 37A paragraph (1) of Law 19/2019 states that the presence of the KPK Supervisory Board is claimed to guarantee supervision of the implementation of the duties and authorities of the KPK. [...] Likewise, in the material aspect, the erosion of the institution’s independent status, the authority to issue a letter of order to stop investigations or prosecutions, the transfer of employee status to state civil servants, to the formation of the Supervisory Board, colored the draft of the legislative changes. [...] In the PAW bribery case, one of the perpetrators, Harun Masiku, a cadre of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle who had run as a legislative candidate in the 2019 General Election, remains at large despite the conviction and imprisonment of the recipient of the bribe.