Regent's account unanimously denied

Regent's account unanimously denied

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: All factions in the local
legislative council here turned down on Saturday the regent's
accountability report due to its incompleteness and lack of
transparency.

Spokesman for the Indonesian Military (TNI) faction Rodi Madha
said that his faction rejected Regent Razak Porosi's report for
1999/2000 fiscal year because of its failure to clearly identify
the source and allocation of the budget.

The faction also asked Razak to clarify the Rp 2 billion
corruption case in which he was allegedly involved. Razak is
under scrutiny by the provincial prosecutor office for the
scandal.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle faction questioned
Razak about the uncontrolled allocation of the village
development budget.

The regent was given as long as 30 days to repair the report.

The law No. 22/1999 on regional autonomy stipulates that if
the council twice rejects the accountability report of a chief
executive of local government twice, he or she could be
discharged.

In response to the council's rejection, Razak said that he did
not provide the details because such information could be
obtained from technical departments.

"If everything must be presented in detail, the report would
be 1,000 pages," Razak said.(08)