Awaiting presidential permit<\/p>\n
The Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) has been
\ncurious about police reaction to its reports on nine
\n"unscrupulous" officials whose final reports on their wealth are
\nlikely to have been found implicated in acts of deceit.<\/p>\n
According to the commission, the nine officials include
\nAttorney General M.A. Rachman, South Kalimantan Governor Syahril
\nDarham, East Nusa Tenggara Governor Piet. A. Tallo and Tana
\nToraja Regent J.A. Situru.<\/p>\n
The commission sent its reports to the National Police
\nHeadquarters a year ago, but the police have yet to respond.<\/p>\n
National Police spokesman Isnp. Gen. Basyir Barmawi said
\nhowever, that investigation was proceeding normally in accordance
\nwith the procedure. He blamed the absence of a presidential
\npermit to interrogate the officials for the slow legal process.
\nThe police had sent an official request to the President, he
\nconfirmed.<\/p>\n
Things are clear now that the problem is at the State
\nSecretariat. However, State Secretary Bambang Kesowo always
\nrefuses to answer what is really going on with processing the
\npresidential permit.<\/p>\n
Such uncertainty is obviously against the government's spirit
\nwhen it established the commission in 1999 to eradicate
\ncorruption.<\/p>\n
This spirit has apparently been perceived in different ways by
\nlaw enforcers and society. The KPKPN report on the allegedly
\nunscrupulous judges in the high-profile Manulife case was
\nabruptly dropped by the police, who said they had not detected
\nany crime.<\/p>\n
The government's seriousness in eradicating corruption is
\ntherefore at stake: The issuance of a permit for interrogating
\nstate officials is a relatively simple matter.<\/p>\n
-- Koran Tempo, Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/awaiting-presidential-permit-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }