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Golkar youth faction report Setya to Judicial Commission

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Sat, August 19, 2017

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Golkar youth faction report Setya to Judicial Commission Golkar Party chairman and House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto (center), accompanied by deputy chairman of the party's honorary council Akbar Tandjung (right) executive chairman Nurdin Halid (left) talk to journalists after meeting with former president BJ Habibie in Jakarta on July 24. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A)

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number of Golkar Party members grouped under the Golkar Party Youth Movement Group (GMPG) plan to meet the Judicial Commission to report alleged misconduct by Golkar chairman and House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto.

The group alleges that Setya, who is currently a suspect in the e-ID corruption case, had a meeting with the Supreme Court leadership in Surabaya, East Java, to discuss Setya's legal position.

"We will go to the Judicial Commission on Monday to discuss the information we have received about the meeting," the group's coordinator, Ahmad Doli Kurnia, said as quoted by kompas.com.

Doli said the group was concerned that Novanto could have been attempting to influence the judiciary over Setya's alleged involvement in the high-profile case.

He added that the group would also visit the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to express support for the commission’s handling of the case.

Read also: Key witness in e-ID graft case dead: KPK

Last Tuesday, the group went to the Supreme Court to meet chief justice Hatta Ali to ask for clarification about the alleged meeting. However, Hatta was not available to meet them.

Setya was named a suspect by the KPK, last month, in the case that has also implicated dozens of other politicians and reportedly caused Rp 2.3 trillion (US$172.7 million) in state losses.

Setya has repeatedly denied all allegations.

Party secretary general Idrus Marham said the group's move would denigrate the image of Golkar.

"If you want to salvage the party then your moves should not harm the party," he said. (ecn/bbs)

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