Court to issue verdict on Golkar

Court to issue verdict on Golkar

JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court expects to rule on a case
against the Golkar Party on July 30.

Laila Marzuki, a member of the panel of justices hearing the
case, vowed that the court would be objective in its ruling,
Antara reported.

"There isn't any justice who can be bought, not even by a
king," he said.

The Supreme Court is handling the case based upon the request
of people grouped in Pijar Keadilanr (the Torch of Justice),
represented by lawyer RO Tambunan, who demanded that Golkar be
dissolved because it committed many violations during the last
election.

Lawyers of Golkar -- Hotma Sitompoel, Ruhut Sitompoel and
Tommy Sihotang -- claim that the accusation is baseless and
obscure. They have argued that the evidence, taken from reports
from the media and from PricewaterhouseCoopers, did not have any
legal grounds.

Tambunan said that some of the data was obtained from the
General Election Commission.