One hundred and twenty-five days have passed since the acid throwing incident against one of the Corruption Eradication Commission investigators Novel Baswedan. On Monday (14/8) Novel Baswedan was finally examined as a victim witness on the case.
The renegotiation of the contract of work between the Government of Indonesia and PT. Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has met with difficulties. The main cause is the different fiscal schemes referred to by the parties. The government is leaning to the prevailing scheme, which is a dynamic tax scheme following existing laws and regulations, while PTFI wants the naildown scheme that refers to the articles of the Contract of Work that have been used and fixed.
The investigation of the case of acid throwing against Novel Baswedan has not resulted in any clear leads. Until the 114th day of the investigation, the police has not been able to find the perpetrators of the attack, which occurred on Tuesday, 11 April 2017. As a result of the attack, Novel had to be treated in Singapore to recover his severely injured eye.
In the midst of the attempt of the Special Committee of Inquiry to KPK to collect information to weaken the KPK, the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, which was previously a part of the Committee coalition, submitted its resignation on 24 July 2017.
On 14 July 2017, PT. Duta Graha Indah (PT. DGI) – since then renamed PT. Nusa Konstruksi Engineering – has been named as a suspect in the corruption case of the construction of Udayana Special Education Hospital for Infectious Diseases and Tourism. The naming of PT. DGI as a suspect is a giant move for KPK, as it is the first-ever corporation to be named as suspect by KPK.
The naming of Setya Novanto (SN), Chairman of the House of Representatives, as a suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission, on Monday 17 July shocked the public. Once again, the Commission named a high-ranking official as a corruption suspect.
KPK’s move to name SN as a suspect is regarded as a daring move in a time when the House is attempting to inquire KPK on that case, misusing its Right of Inquiry.
The drama of KPK’s weakening through the invocation of the rights of inquiry by the House of Representatives is increasingly obvious. When the public support towards KPK becomes even stronger, the fallacy of the Special Committee of Inquiry is worsening. As if to cover the festering wound of the Committee in the eyes of the public, it is becoming more indiscriminate and losing its focus.
Once again, the House of Representatives displayed a political fracas to the public. While the issue of the validity of the invocation of the right of inquiry has not been resolved, the Special Committee for Inquiry declares its plans to visit the State Audit Body, the Police Headquarters and the Sukamiskin and Pondok Bambu prisons. According to their claims, the visits are intended to obtain input and data on various legal violations committed by the KPK in implementing their duties as upholders of law.
WEEKLY SUMMARY
Komnas HAM must form an independent team on the Novel Baswedan case www.antikorupsi.org/ZR9
Opinion: Legal Bureaucracy and Procedures www.antikorupsi.org/ZRV
Opinion: The Presidential Choreography in Managing Corruption in the Military www.antikorupsi.org/ZRr
The KPK again held a raid, arresting 6 perpetrators of corruption, three of which are members of the East Java Provincial Legislature, M Basuki (Head of Commission B), Santoso (staff member), and Rahman Agung (staff member). KPK also detained three others, suspected of having given the bribe, namely Bambang Heryanto (Head of East Java Agricultural Office), Anang Basuki Rahmat (deputy), and Rohayati (Head of East Java Animal Husbandry Office).
