PDI-P gives KPK six months to resolve big cases

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) says that it will be critical in observing the new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders and will give the commission six months to resolve important cases.

“We will give the KPK the next six months to complete the big cases that have been under public scrutiny,” a PDI-P lawmaker, Trimedya Panjaitan, who sits on Commission III, which deals with legal affairs and laws, human rights and security, said on Wednesday, as quoted by kompas.com.

He explained the KPK was the only institution that had the extra authority to eradicate corruption and therefore PDI-P had placed its hopes on the KPK chairman and his deputies to perform their duties indiscriminately.

“We hope they can overcome everything without being discriminatory in their handling of cases,” he said. (awd)