Refleksi : Mengapa tidak sekaligus dibebaskan SBY dan klomplotannya dari tugas yang dipercayakan oleh rakyat yang ditupu?
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/28/democratic-party-must-not-chair-inquiry039.html Democratic Party `must not chair inquiry' Hans David Tampubolon , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sat, 11/28/2009 1:07 PM | National No more: A sociologist from the University of Indonesia, Thamrin Amal Tamagola (right), and activists of the Coalition of Anticorruption NGOs (Kompak), give a thumbs down during an audience with the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Thursday. The gesture represents the coalition members' commitment to eradicating corruption. (JP/P.J. Leo) A coalition of civil society groups says the House of Representatives' committee of inquiry into the Bank Century bailout must not be led by legislators from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party. "Similarly, a footballer joining a club cannot be given the captain's armband immediately," Effendi Gazali, a spokesman for the Coalition of Anti Corruption Civil Societies (Kompak), said. "Since the Democratic Party legislators only signed the petition at the last minute, none of them should chair it," he said during a meeting with the sponsors of the inquiry committee at the House in Jakarta on Thursday. The committee was originally sponsored by legislators from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), the Greater Indonesian Movement Party (Gerindra), the Golkar Party, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the National Mandate Party (PAN), the National Awakening Party (PKB), and the United Development Party (PPP). The Democratic Party was the only party whose members refused to sign the petition to form the committee, which is scheduled to be endorsed in a plenary session on Dec. 1. Widespread media and public speculation hinted that the Democratic Party's reluctance to support the committee initially was because of allegations that some of the funds from the scandal had gone to the party's presidential campaign team. However, the Democratic Party argued it wanted to wait for the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) to finish its financial audit on the scandal, which is said to have cost the country some Rp 6.7 trillion (US$710.2 million) in taxpayer money. All of the Democratic Party legislators then signed the petition Tuesday after the BPK's report hinted at irregularities behind the bailout. Despite the Democratic Party's late endorsement, a number of its legislators, such as House Speaker Marzuki Alie, have advised that the Democratic Party chair the committee due to its being the largest party in the House with 144 legislators. Anti graft activists and the legislators who initiated the petition have voiced suspicions that, by looking to chair the committee, the Democratic Party have a hidden agenda to weaken it. "The move to weaken the committee is real. Following their bid to stop the committee from being endorsed, they are now trying to weaken it by getting inside and by trying to hijack its leadership post," Bambang Soesatyo from Golkar said. Maruarar Sirait from the PDI-P urged civil society groups to closely watch the committee's performance to maintain its integrity and transparency. "This committee must be closely monitored. If needs be, the Corruption Eradication Commission *KPK*, can even wiretap us," he said. The committee, once established, will be able to investigate and summon anyone suspected of involvement in the scandal. The committee sponsors said Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani would be summoned due to their crucial role in the policy behind the bailout. Boediono was the Bank Indonesia governor when the decision to bail out Bank Century was taken. Bambang said he believed there was a "massive force" pushing both Boediono and Mulyani to adopt the bailout policy. "This massive force is what the committee must identify. He or she is the person benefitting the most from the bailout," he said. Effendi said the committee would have to learn from the Watergate scandal to clear this fiasco. "In Watergate, the informant known as Deep Throat said *follow the money, it will lead you to the most powerful man in the White House'," he said. "I'll let the public interpret that statement," he added. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
