Anticorruption team nearly ready

Anticorruption team nearly ready

JAKARTA: A minister said he has provided facilities for a small
team set up by the government to select candidates nominated for
the Commission for Eradication of Corruption (KPTK) to fulfill
the requirements of an anticorruption law.

Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said
here on Thursday that the small team would have a secretariat at
the Justice and Human Rights Ministry and other facilities would
be given to allow them to complete the selection according to the
deadline set by the law.

He made the statement to follow up the issuance of a
presidential decree which was signed by President Megawati
Soekarnoputri on Sept. 21, a day before her departure to attend
the 58th UN General Assembly in New York.

The team will be headed by Romli Atmasasmita, a senior
official at the ministry, with two deputy chairmen, a secretary
and ten other members.

The team consists of senior lawyers, legal observers,
lecturers, as well as government and police officials. Among
noted figures are lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution, Harkristuti
Harkrisnowo of the University of Indonesia, Abdul Gani Abdullah
and Insp. Gen. Sukamto, the head of legal division at the
National Police headquarters.

The team is expected to complete the selection process within
two months so that the commission can start working by Dec. 27 as
was regulated by Law No. 30/2002 on anti-corruption.-JP