155 lawmakers fail to declare assets

JAKARTA: Some 155 members of the House of Representatives (DPR) and the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) are still refusing to submit asset declarations to the Civil Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN).

KPKPN deputy chairman Abdullah Hehamahua said here on Thursday that President Megawati Soekarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) topped the list for lawmakers who had not submitted their declarations with 47 offenders, followed by House Speaker Akbar Tandjung's Golkar with 25, the Interest Groups faction 22, the military/police faction 19, regional representatives 16, and Vice President Hamzah Haz's United Development Party (PPP) with 13. The others came from the Reform Faction with five offenders and the National Awakening Party also with five.

Abdullah refused, however, to reveal the names of the legislators or say what means his commission would utilize to force the lawmakers to submit their declarations.