ICW supports plan to investigate allegations linked to Democratic Party

Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Ade Irawan says he supports the Corruption Eradication Commission move to investigate allegations of illegal funding during last year Democratic Party national congress, based on witness testimonies.

“So far, Muhammad Nazaruddin and several of his employees have testified that there was illegal funding during the party's national congress last year. It would be very effective if the KPK intends to start its investigation from there,” Ade said Wednesday as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Earlier, KPK chief Busyro Muqoddas announced that he planned to use the testimonies as a gateway to further investigate allegations of illegal funding during the congress. However, Busyro failed to elaborate on the plan.

Responding to this, the chief of the Democratic Party’s internal corruption eradication department, Didi Irawadi Syamsuddin, said he welcomed the plan and assured that the party would cooperate fully.