Servant. A “servant,” as such term is defined under Applicable Law.
Servant also stipulates that a candidate must pass a public prosecutor candidacy training test (Pendidikan xxx Pelatihan Pembentukan Xxxxx, or PPPJ) before gaining a position as a public prosecutor. Therefore, there are two stages to becoming a public prosecutor: first, a candidate must gain a position as a civil servant, then they can apply for the PPPJ and pass the required test.87 Since the Soeharto regime ended88 there has been enormous demand to reform the civil service’s recruitment process, including that for public prosecutors. The Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry Regula- tion 197/2012 requires that the Prosecution Service creates a professional recruitment committee and involves independent consultants in the civil service recruitment process. According to the Prosecution Service Bureau- cracy Reform team, by using a computerised system the recruitment proce- dure is designed professionally, accountably, and transparently, in order to attract candidates qualified to apply for a prosecutorial position. However, some senior prosecutors oppose this procedure, because it might eliminate the so-called Bina Lingkungan tradition, which was designed to secure a prosecutor’s chances of recruiting their relatives as staff in the Prosecution Service89 (Xxx Xxxxxxxx Komisi Kejaksaan 2013b, 103). Opponents argue that a computerised examination system, conducted by third parties, does not guarantee a high-quality pool of candidates for prosecutor positions, and that candidates being accepted because of their cognitive capacity is insufficient. For example, Chief Prosecutor Regulation 048/A/X.X/12/2011 requires that all prosecutors have an ideal posture and good physical appearance.90 Opponents of the computerised system there- fore propose adding an assessment to the recruitment process, which would be examined by the prosecutor’s top manager as a final test to determine whether or not the candidate will be accepted. The Prosecution Service 87 This provision creates an opportunity for administrative staff who have civil service status to apply to the PPPJ and change careers from administrative staff to prosecutor. 88 It was hard to find any merit-based bureaucratic practice in the IPS during the New Order (Lolo 2008). 89 Personal communication with IS, in 2015. 90 Article 7 of Chief Prosecutor Regulation 048/A/X.X/12/2011 requires a male candidate to have a minimum height of 160 cm and a female candidate to have a minimum height of 155 cm. It seems that ...
