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Megawati's KPK message twisted by media: PDI-P
Megawati Soekarnoputri (JP/P
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Megawati Soekarnoputri (JP/P.J. Leo) (JP/P.J. Leo)
Megawati Soekarnoputri (JP/P.J. Leo)
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has slammed the media's coverage of a statement by its party chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri regarding the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), claiming her message had been distorted.
PDI-P faction secretary at the House of Representatives, Bambang Wuryanto, said that the media had reported her statement inaccurately.
'Bu Mega was slandered by the false reports. We are considering taking legal action,' said Bambang as quoted by Tempo.co on Wednesday.
Megawati was a keynote speaker at a seminar held by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) last Tuesday, and during her speech said, 'We must stop the corruption so that the commission, which is temporary in nature, can be disbanded.'
'It seems that the current [corruption eradication] efforts are beating around the bush, and thus, we don't know how long the KPK will continue to exist ' though initially its formation was for good reason,' said Megawati.
Megawati said that the KPK was formed to eradicate corruption, so it would only be logical for it to be disbanded once corruption had been dealt with.
The fifth Indonesian president admitted immediately during her speech that those words of hers would draw support and condemnation from different people, and that she would even be bullied by people who found her words provocative.
During Megawati's speech, Bambang said, he and his colleagues listened carefully, and heard no statement calling for the KPK to be disbanded. What she meant, according to Bambang, was for those in public office to stop their corruption so that the KPK's work could be considered completed.
'We saw and read the reactions on social media where people considered the news reports as the truth ' of course we're upset,' said Bambang. (rad/bbn)(++++)
