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Defying Fahri, PKS opposes inquiry into KPK
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Gerindra Party lawmaker Ahmad Muzani steps up to protest the House of Representatives' decision to pass an initiative to launch an inquiry into a Corruption Eradication Commission investigation during a plenary meeting at the House in Jakarta on April 28. (Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)
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he Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has sent a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto rejecting the House's decision to initiate an inquiry into a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) graft investigation.
The letter, signed by PKS faction chairman Jazuli Juwaini and faction secretary Sukamta on May 2, stated that the process leading to the decision to initiate the inquiry during a plenary session on April 28 did not follow procedure.
"The decision made on the plenary session did not consider voices and opinions from all factions and members, as regulated in the House's 2014 code of conduct," the letter states.
(Read also: KPK rebuffs House inquiry)
During the plenary session, House Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah, who chaired the meeting, unilaterally banged the gavel to pass the inquiry. Members of the Gerindra Party, the Democratic Party and the National Awakening Party (PKB) factions walked out the room in protest.
Despite Fahri's status as a PKS member at the House, PKS chairman Sohibul Iman said last week that the outspoken politician no longer represented the party.
Fahri and PKS have a complicated relationship after the lawmaker filed a lawsuit challenging the party's decision to strip him of his party membership.
The controversy surrounding the inquiry began when members of House Commission III on security, human rights and legal affairs opposed the KPK's investigation into the high-profile e-ID case.
During a court hearing in the case, a witness claimed that Hanura Party politician Miryam S. Haryani, now a perjury suspect, had been intimidated by lawmakers after being questioned by KPK investigators and before testifying in court. (bbs)
