Legislators avoid wealth reports

Legislators avoid wealth reports

JAKARTA: Only 8 percent or 531 out of 6,905 wealth report
forms distributed to members of legislative bodies throughout the
country had been submitted to the Public Servants' Wealth Audit
Agency (KPKPN) as of Wednesday.

Up to 281 of the 531 forms were submitted by members of the
House of Representatives, which has a membership of 500 and 84 by
members of the People's Consultative Assembly, Antara reported.

Another 47 forms were returned by members of provincial
legislative councils throughout the country and 112 by members of
regency legislative councils.

The small number of forms returned was possibly caused by a
boycott by the Association of Provincial and Regency Legislative
Councils, led by speaker of the Jakarta Legislative Council Edy
Waluyo.

The legislators refused to submit the forms detailing their
wealth and assets because KPKPN Law No. 28/1999 does not clearly
mention the legislative councils. -- Antara