House to quiz ex mining ministers

House to quiz ex mining ministers

JAKARTA: A House of Representatives special inquiry team
investigating corruption allegations in state-owned oil company
Pertamina will summon a number of former mines and energy
ministers to explain the policies they introduced when they were
still in office.

Inquiry team member Firman Jaya Daeli of the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) told the media on
Wednesday that they would summon former ministers Subroto,
Ginandjar Kartasasmita and I.B. Sudjana, as well as former
Pertamina president director Faisal Abda'oe.

He did not specify any date for their questioning.

On Wednesday, the team summoned former attorney general
Marzuki Darusman, who once declared Ginandjar, who is also Golkar
chairman and deputy speaker of the People's Consultative
Assembly, a suspect in a technical assistance contract scandal.
The case, however, was dropped halfway due to a lack of evidence.

According to Firman, the Attorney General's Office lacks the
moral courage and political will to investigate corruption
allegations in Pertamina thoroughly. -- Antara