Four governors fail to submit wealth report<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Four out of 30 governors have not yet reported their wealth to
\nthe Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN), the
\ngovernment said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The announcement comes just a week after KPKPN revealed the
\nnames of 155 legislators who had not done so.<\/p>\n
The four governors are Abdullah Puteh (Aceh), Djoko Munandar
\n(Banten), Fadel Muhammad (Gorontalo), and Jaap Salosa (Papua).<\/p>\n
"They will be reprimanded," Minister for Administrative
\nReforms Feisal Tamin was quoted as saying by Antara.<\/p>\n
He said the four governors had been uncooperative, having been
\ntold to submit their wealth reports several times but to no
\navail.<\/p>\n
Feisal said all state officials received the wealth forms
\nabout a year ago and should have completed and returned them by
\nnow.<\/p>\n
He added that several regents had not returned their wealth
\nreports so far either, including those from Bogor, Garut,
\nBandung, Lebak, Depok and the Riau Islands.<\/p>\n
Sanctions would be imposed if they failed to submit their
\nreports within a month from now, Feisal added.<\/p>\n
These sanctions could include demotion or a cut in salary as
\nwell as delayed promotion.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, KPKPN said that about one-fifth of the
\ncountry's 700-strong legislature at the House of Representatives
\n(DPR) and the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) had not filed
\ntheir wealth report.<\/p>\n
It prompted President Megawati Soekarnoputri to urge the 150
\nor so legislators to fulfill their obligation. However, some of
\nthem said the forms were too complicated and requested more time
\nto complete them.<\/p>\n
KPKPN was established in 2000 to verify the wealth of state
\nofficials and legislators. It was also empowered to investigate
\nsuspicious cases and take them to court.<\/p>\n
The commission came under the media spotlight following its
\nprobe into alleged graft by the three judges who, in June,
\ndelivered a controversial bankruptcy verdict against Canadian
\nbased insurance firm PT Asuransi Jiwa Manulife Indonesia.<\/p>\n
The judges denied any wrongdoing but the Ministry of Justice
\nand Human Rights later recommended they be suspended, pending an
\ninvestigation by an ethics council.<\/p>",
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