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Setya reclaims House speaker position
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Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto (second right) shakes hands with House of Representatives Speaker Ade Komarudin during a party event on July 27. Setya was inaugurated as House speaker on Wednesday, replacing Ade. (Antara Foto/M Agung Rajasa)
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span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The House of Representatives inaugurated Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto as its new speaker in a plenary meeting on Wednesday, replacing Ade Komarudin.
Earlier in the day, the House’s ethics council dismissed Ade, who is also a Golkar politician, for suspected ethical violations, namely misusing his power to influence deliberations in the House, including an attempt to hamper the deliberation of the tobacco bill.
Ade replaced Setya as speaker months ago after the latter resigned following accusations that he had asked for shares in gold and copper giant PT Freeport Indonesia.
Recently, the Constitutional Court said the evidence used to support the accusations against Setya was invalid.
The replacement of Ade has been viewed by many observers as an effort by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to control the House. (jun)
