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House ethics council member sacked after filing complaint against fellows
Under pressure: House of Representatives ethics council member Akbar Faizal speaks at a discussion at the House complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta
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Under pressure: House of Representatives ethics council member Akbar Faizal speaks at a discussion at the House complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta. (Tempo) (Tempo)
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span class="caption">Under pressure: House of Representatives ethics council member Akbar Faizal speaks at a discussion at the House complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta. (Tempo)
House of Representatives ethics council member Akbar Faizal, a NasDem Party politician, claimed on Wednesday that he had been dismissed from his position at the council.
'My name was not on the House ethics council's internal meeting participant list. [...] I was reported by someone who wanted to stop the code of ethics enforcement process from the beginning, and this person is Ridwan Bae,' Akbar told journalists in front of the House ethics council hearing room on Wednesday afternoon.
The House ethics council was scheduled to hold an internal meeting to make a decision regarding the House Speaker Setya Novanto case at 1 p.m., but it was later delayed to 3.30 p.m.
Akbar said Ridwan had sent a letter reporting him to House Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah the day he reported Ridwan and two of Ridwan's fellow Golkar Party council members, Kahar Muzakir and Adies Kadir, to the council for attending a press conference held by Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. Akbar did not give details about the contents of the letter that Ridwan allegedly sent.
The House ethics council questioned Luhut in a hearing on Monday as his name was mentioned in the recording of a suspected conversation between Setya, oil tycoon Reza Chalid and gold and copper mining firm PT Freeport Indonesia president director Maroef Sjamsoeddin at a hotel in Jakarta on June 8.
In the meeting, Setya is suspected to have asked Freeport to give President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla shares in the company. The conversation implies that Luhut would help facilitate the deal that Setya allegedly proposed to Maroef.
'It we use the logic of the House leadership, those three House ethics council members should not be allowed to attend the internal meeting as well,' said Akbar. (ebf)(+)
