Seven councillors yet to report wealth
Seven councillors yet to report wealth
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Chairman of the Jakarta Provincial General Elections Commission
(KPUD Jakarta) Muhamad Taufik has called on seven councillors-
elect to submit their wealth reports ahead of the swearing-in
ceremony on Aug. 25 at City Hall.
Speaking for the first time to a gathering of the 75
councillors elected on April 5, Taufik called on the seven by
name: Sahrianta Tarigan of the Prosperous Peace Party (PDS);
Lilik Sholihah, Hidayat Rohim and Nurjanah Lubis of the
Prosperous Justice Party (PKS); Maria Hennie Longkeng of the
Democratic Party; and Martin Octavianus Makatia and Enggard
Joshua of the Golkar Party.
He also made a separate call to other councillors: "We will
give you a chance to make corrections to your wealth reports. One
of you reported only Rp 4 million (US$435)."
Taufik said if councillors submitted inaccurate documents on
their wealth, they might face a corruption charge if their wealth
proved to have amassed significantly.
The KPUD Jakarta issued a complete list of councillors'
wealth, according to which the poorest is Achmad Suaidy of the
United Development Party (PPP) with only Rp 4 million, and the
richest is Ade Surapriatna of Golkar with Rp 5.79 billion.
Achmad, however, denied the accuracy of the list: "I submitted
the correct figure of my wealth. I stated I have Rp 5.7 billion.
I don't know how the KPUD list came up with only Rp 4 million."
As for the councillors' educational background, seven have
Masters degrees, eight have a Bachelors, 45 are junior college
graduates and only 15 are high school graduates. The General
Elections Law stipulates that a councillor must have at least
graduated high school.
Only 13 of the 75 councillors-elect are old faces, since the
PDI-P and PAN, which dominated the previous council, lost
significant seats: PDI-P's representation shrank from 30 seats to
11 and PAN, 13 to six.
Dani Anwar from the PKS has been appointed interim chairman,
as his party garnered majority votes in April and holds 18 seats.
The upstart Democratic Party has 16 seats, followed by the
PDI-P, then the Golkar Party and the PPP with seven each, PAN
with six, the National Awakening Party (PKB) and PDS with four
each and the Reform Star Party (PBR) with two.
In regards reports received by police that two councillors had
submitted fake diplomas, Taufik said they would not affect the
installment ceremony because the Constitutional Court had not
issued any rulings on the matter.
He added that, unlike the departing council members, the new
councillors would not be provided new clothing from the Jakarta
administration. The previous council's allocation of a wardrobe
budget had caused a public outcry.