Golkar's treasurer faces bribery charge

Golkar's treasurer faces bribery charge

TANGERANG (JP): Two cadres of Golkar Party mayoralty chapter
here filed a report on Saturday with the Tangerang Police for an
alleged bribe offered by the chapter's treasurer.

In their police report, cadres Sigit and Budi from the
Jatiuwung district said treasurer Abas Sunarya bribed them a day
earlier after the two questioned the sudden escalation of votes
for the party from 27,377 to 37,354 in the district.

After the question, the two were invited by Abas to have
dinner at Bandar Wijaya Cafe restaurant. He allegedly handed over
Rp 1 million to Sigit and an envelope containing Rp 100,000 to
Budi and asked them not to raise anymore questions about the
voting figures of the party.

With money still in hand, Sigit, who's also an executive of
Golkar Party district chapter at Jatiuwung, and Budi, reported
the case and handed over the cash as evidence to the police on
the next following day.

The two said they decided to report the alleged bribery to
police as they did not want the party to have anyone who
attempted to bribe people and legalize irregularities in vote
counting.

When asked about the allegation, Abas strongly denied it and
instead planned to report the two to police for alleged
defamation.

Sudarko, a member of the General Elections Supervisory
Committee said the committee was still investigating the case.

The committee, he said, would order the Tangerang General
Elections Committee to recount the ballot papers in case there
has been irregularities in the counting at Jatiuwung. (41/asa)