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View all search resultsHouse to set new rules to tackle corrupt lawmakers
On guard: Security officers guard the entrance to the office of Budi Supriyanto, a member of the House of Representativesâ Commission V overseeing transportation and infrastructure, during a search conducted by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators at the House complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Jan
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span class="caption">On guard: Security officers guard the entrance to the office of Budi Supriyanto, a member of the House of Representatives' Commission V overseeing transportation and infrastructure, during a search conducted by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators at the House complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Jan. 15. (Kompas/Ihsanuddin)
With lawmakers frequently implicated in corruption cases, the House of Representatives is looking to draft a measure to prevent corruption within the legislature..
Such a measurement may be in the form of an internal regulation for lawmakers or it could be included in a revision of the Legislative Institution (MD3) Law, House Speaker Ade Komarudin said in Jakarta on Thursday.
More transparency in all House processes, Ade said, could be one of the measurements.
"All discussions in the House's budgetary body must be implemented in open-door meetings so that the public can observe the process," he said.
The naming of Golkar Party politician Budi Supriyanto as a graft suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is the most recent graft case involving a lawmaker. Other House members recently implicated in KPK cases include Damayanti Wisnu Putranti of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Dewi Yasin Limpo of the Hanura Party and Patrice Rio Capella of the NasDem Party.
Ade expressed concern at the number of legislators involved in corruption cases, and voiced hope that the introduction of the new regulations would help tackle the problem. (bbn)(+)
