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AGO waits for President's approval to question Setya
Suspected: Former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto leaves a hearing room of the House ethics council in Jakarta where he underwent questioning on Dec
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Suspected: Former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto leaves a hearing room of the House ethics council in Jakarta where he underwent questioning on Dec.7, 2015 about an alleged violation of ethics related to contract negotiations with gold miner PT Freeport Indonesia. The Attorney Generalâs Office (AGO) said it must first obtain President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo's permission before it summons Setya for interrogation in the case. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari) (AGO) said it must first obtain President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo's permission before it summons Setya for interrogation in the case. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari)
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span class="inline inline-center">Suspected: Former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto leaves a hearing room of the House ethics council in Jakarta where he underwent questioning on Dec.7, 2015 about an alleged violation of ethics related to contract negotiations with gold miner PT Freeport Indonesia. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said it must first obtain President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's permission before it summons Setya for interrogation in the case. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari)
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is seeking permission from President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo to summon former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto in its investigation into an alleged conspiracy surrounding the possible misuse of Jokowi's and Vice President Jusuf Kalla's names in Freeport contract negotiations involving the Golkar Party politician.
AGO spokesman Amir Yanto said the office's summons to Setya would have to first wait for President Jokowi's permission, which he has not yet granted.
'We have been discussing the questioning. About the timing, it will be discussed today,' said Amir, implying that the AGO had gathered enough information from witnesses in the case. He made the statements to journalists at the AGO compound in South Jakarta on Tuesday afternoon.
As of Dec.30, 2015, the AGO had questioned 16 witnesses for the case. They include mining company PT Freeport Indonesia president director Maroef Sjamsoeddin, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said, who initially reported Setya to the House ethics council over an alleged ethics violation case, Freeport commissioner Marzuki Darusman, who is also a former attorney general, and Darmawan "Darmo" Prasodjo, an assistant to the presidential chief of staff.
"We will first gather information from witnesses," Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said in a statement as quoted by tempo.co on Dec. 18, 2015.
"Pak Setya Novanto will be summoned only after we gather enough information, including from Reza," said Prasetyo, referring to oil tycoon Muhammad Reza Chalid, who apparently attended a meeting between Maroef and Setya, during which the latter was suspected to have asked the Freeport executive to give 20 percent of Freeport shares to Jokowi and Kalla to secure the company's mining contract extension.
Article 245 of the 2014 Legislative Institution Law (MD3 Law) stipulates that a president's permission is needed to summon a House member.
The AGO is currently investigating an alleged conspiracy in connection with Setya's meeting with Maroef and Reza to discuss the extension of Freeport's mining contract.
Setya was accused of claiming to have won the approval of Jokowi and Kalla to secure shares and projects from Freeport in exchange for helping the company extend its contract and continue operating its gold mine, one of the world's largest, in Papua. The AGO has yet to name any suspects in the case. (ebf)(+)
