Councillors to submit wealth report

Councillors to submit wealth report

JAKARTA: In the face of mounting public pressure, city
councillors finally agreed to submit individual reports on their
wealth and assets to the Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission
(KPKPN), city council deputy chairman Djafar Badjeber said on
Tuesday.

The councillors decided to submit the report mainly out of a
sense of moral obligation, Djafar, who is also chairman of the
city chapter of the United Development Party, told reporters on a
sidelines of a dialog on Council versus KPKPN at Cempaka Hotel.

He said Law No. 28 on KPKPN did not specify councillors as
public servants.

The councillors urged the House of Representatives to review
the law and include them as public servants so that they could
receive a monthly salary and pension.

The dialog, which featured constitutional law expert Bintan
Saragih, KPKPN's chief Yusuf Syakir, Ferry Mursyidan Baldan of
the House of Representatives and councillor Syarifien Maloko,
concluded that it was subject to debate whether or not the
councillors were bound by law to declare their wealth. --JP