Cooler heads prevail in House-AGO dispute

Cooler heads prevail in House-AGO dispute

JAKARTA: House of Representative Speaker Agung Laksono said on
Sunday a dispute between the House and the Attorney General's
Office had cooled down.

He said the dispute between House members and officials from
the Attorney General's Office was the result of a simple
miscommunication.

"Both sides have apologized," he said during a visit to Batam.

The row began on Thursday during a hearing in the House when a
legislator from the Reform Star Party depicted Attorney General
Abdul Rachman Saleh as "an Islamic preacher in a village of
thieves".

The officials from the Attorney General's Office attending the
hearing were upset by the remark and demanded an apology. --
Antara