Three graft-plagued Dems face firing
Bagus BT Saragih, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 07/28/2011 8:52 PM
The secretary of the Democratic Party’s ethics council says that the council will recommend that three party members implicated in corruption be removed from their posts.
“We recommend that the central executive board dismiss the three from their positions in the party organization,” secretary Amir Syamsuddin said, adding that the trio would remain party members.
The troubled party members were identified as central executive board member As’ad Syam, Bengkulu chapter chief Murman Effendi and West Sumatra chapter chief Djufri.
As’ad is currently imprisoned for corruption related to a power plant construction contract awarded when he was Muaro Jambi regent in 2004.
Murman, the regent of Seluma regency, was named a suspect in a 2010 bribery case by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
Djufrihas been detained by prosecutors on allegations he was involved corruption related to land procurement when he was mayor of Bukit Tinggi, West Sumatra, in 2007.
At least seven other Democratic Party members who have been indicted or named as suspects in corruption cases have yet to be sanctioned by the ethics council.
