United Development Party (PPP) secretary-general Irgan Chaerul Mahfiz says that political lobbying has been intensifying now that the investigation on the Bank Century bailout is nearing its finale.
"However, there is nothing unusual about political lobbying, especially among coalition partners, because the case is crucial and has become a nationwide issue," he told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
Irgan stressed the lobbying would not change his party’s critical stance on the case.
Separately, the Democratic Party's Ruhut Sitompul confirmed the intensifying political lobbying.
"I heard about that. My colleagues asked me to join the sessions, but I told them that I trusted them to do the lobbying," he said.
The PPP and the Democratic Party are part of the government's coalition bloc, which also consists of the Golkar Party, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the National Awakening Party (PKB).
The case is about a bailout that increased tenfold from its original estimate to Rp 6.76 trillion (US$716 million).
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