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'City budget signed by governor': Jokowi responds to Sylviana

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Sun, January 22, 2017

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'City budget signed by governor': Jokowi responds to Sylviana Economic talks – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) and Vice President Jusuf Kalla lead a Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Office in Jakarta on Sept.30, 2016. (Antara/Yudhi Mahatma)

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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has responded briefly to Jakarta deputy gubernatorial candidate Sylviana Murni, who mentioned his name in relation to an alleged graft case, by saying that all city budgets are signed by the governor.

“Yes, the State budget is signed by the President. The city budget [off course] is signed by the governor. That’s all,” Jokowi told reporters after joining the 2017 Bogor Open Archery Championship in Bogor, West Java, on Sunday.

Sylviana, who is running alongside gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, was questioned on Friday in relation to alleged corruption in a grant of Rp 6.8 billion (US$505,952) to the Jakarta Scout Movement she chaired from 2014 to 2015.

She told the police that the grant was part of the city budget that was signed by Jokowi, the governor of Jakarta at that time.

(Read also: Deputy gubernatorial candidate notes error in police summons)

The police earlier said they would not question Jokowi in regards to Sylviana’s statement.

“We will not question him. As the governor, he acted according to procedure. The problem is about the use of the grant,” National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Rikwanto said on Saturday as reported by kompas.com.

Sylviana admitted that some programs in the scout movement had not been executed. However, she claimed that the grant had been audited and the remaining funds, worth about Rp 800 million, had been returned to the city’s treasury office. (jun)

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