Attorney general ready to leave his post<\/p>\n
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
Attorney General M.A. Rachman expressed his readiness to
\nrelinquish his position should he be found guilty of corruption.<\/p>\n
However, he said he was confident he would be proven innocent
\nand that the court would acquit him of all charges.<\/p>\n
\"I do not want to speculate whether I will be replace or not,
\nthe process is not in place yet. Let's just see what happens,\" he
\nsaid after attending Idul Fitri celebrations at the State Palace
\nover the weekend.<\/p>\n
Rachman was responding to reports that the Public Servant's
\nWealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) had filed a report with the
\npolice alleging that he had been involved in corruption.<\/p>\n
KPKPN has implied that the attorney general was involved in
\ncorruption and lied when he failed to list two luxurious houses
\nand cars to the commission.<\/p>\n
The investigation focused on Rachman's alleged ownership of a
\nhouse worth Rp 5 billion (US$561,700) in the Graha Cinere housing
\ncomplex in Depok, West Java, and several bank accounts containing
\nRp 545.6 million and US$29,600.<\/p>\n
President Megawati Soekarnoputri has hailed KPKPN's move,
\nsaying it gave her legal justification to either maintain Rachman
\nin his present position or replace him. She previously dismissed
\nsuggestions to replace Rachman because of the absence of legal
\njustification.<\/p>\n
Following KPKPN's report, the police are expected to
\ninvestigate Rachman immediately. The President has not announced
\nwhether he will be suspended or not.<\/p>\n
Rachman claimed recently that he had given the Graha Cinere
\nhouse to his daughter, while the amounts in his bank accounts
\ncame from several East Java businessmen who he helped between
\n1999 to 2001.<\/p>\n
He also reportedly gave contradictory explanations about his
\nassets to the KPKPN, prompting the commission last week to submit
\nthe report to the police for further investigation as required by
\na presidential decree on the KPKPN and its tasks.<\/p>\n
The KPKPN also sent official notification to the President
\nurging her to suspend Rachman.<\/p>\n
Rachman has said he is ready to face the legal process
\nfollowing the KPKPN's report to the police.<\/p>\n
\"If I must face investigation, then I will. But I am still
\nwaiting for the legal procedure,\" he said.<\/p>",
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