In the letter addressed to leaders of the House, Setya called on all lawmakers and members of the House’s ethics council (MKD) “not to hold any meeting aimed at removing him” both as the speaker and a lawmaker.

“I hope all House leaders can give me an opportunity to prove that I am not involved [in the e-ID graft case],” he said in the letter, which was signed on Tuesday.

(Read also: KPK grills Ade Komarudin in e-ID graft case)

In the letter to Golkar, Setya emphasized that “there had not been any order to remove him from his position” as the party’s chairman. He also stated in the letter that it was him that had appointed politician Idrus Marham to serve as acting chairman shortly after he was detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Both of the letters, handwritten and signed by Setya himself, have gone viral among journalists’ WhatsApp groups.

Setya was picked up by the KPK and was sent to the commission’s detention facility on Monday evening after physicians at Cipto Mangunkusumo National Central General Hospital, where he was treated for injuries from a car accident, confirmed he had recovered.

Setya has dodged several KPK summonses for questioning on his alleged involvement in the e-ID graft case. (ebf) 

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