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Half of C. Java lawmakers have yet to report their wealth: KPK
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Fighting corruption -- Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo (right) explains his commitment to combating corruption on the sidelines of a coordinating meeting to strengthen accountability of public service delivery in Semarang, Central Java, on Oct. 18. Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Basaria Panjaitan (second right) is also in attendance. (JP/Suherdjoko)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed that 69.92 percent of legislative council members in Central Java, most who are Kebumen lawmakers, have not yet reported their wealth.
“Eighty-one percent of Kebumen Legislative Council members have not yet submitted their wealth reports as state officials [are required to],” KPK deputy chairman Basaria Panjaitan said.
She expressed her concern on the lacking obedience of state officials in regencies and municipalities across Central Java to report their wealth during a coordinating meeting to strengthen accountability of public service delivery in Semarang on Tuesday.
Basaria further said 3.95 percent of executive officials from three out of 35 regencies and municipalities across the country had not yet reported their wealth. They were from Demak, Grobogan and Tegal.
“Moreover, more than 30 percent of provincial administration-owned enterprises [BUMD] have not yet submitted their wealth reports,” said the commissioner.
Basaria said it was probable that officials who had not yet fulfilled their requirements were still confused about the wealth reporting mechanism. It was also possible they forgot to do so, she added.
Basaria rejected speculation that a recent KPK operation, during which a Kebumen lawmaker was caught red-handed for accepting bribes, was related to the noncompliance of the regency’s lawmakers in reporting their wealth.
On Oct. 15, KPK investigators arrested six people, two of them were Kebumen lawmaker Yudhy Tri Hartanto and Kebumen Tourism Agency official Sigit Widodo. They were accused of accepting unlawful gifts related to projects worth Rp 4.8 billion (US$ 368,947.20) funded by the revised 2016 Regional Budget through the Kebumen Youth and Sports Agency. (ebf)
