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Fri, 12/19/2008 - 17:32
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ICW REPORTS TWO LEGISLATORS FOR RECEIVING BRIBES
Jakarta, Dec. 19 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has reported two legislators to the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Ethics Council (BK) for allegedly having received bribes when the House discussed the Hajj pilgrimage cost in 2006.
The report was presented by the coordinator of ICW's public services monitoring division, Ade Irawan, to BK Chairman Irsyad Sudiro at the Parliament bbuilding here on Friday. Also present on the occasion were BK Deputy chairmen Gayus Lumbuun and Tiurlan Hutagaol.
ICW handed in evidence that two legislators -- identified as ST and SA -- had received funds amounting to US$2,845. And in 2005, the religious affairs ministry also had given Rp495.4 million to a number of House Commission VIII members, according to ICW.
The religious affairs ministry had also provided funds to several members of the House's Working Committee on the Hajj cost in 2005.
The BK chairman said his office would follow up the report after the House's recess was over in mid-January 2009.
Meanwhile, a total of 121 House of Representatives (DPR) members have officially filed a proposal for an inquiry into the government's performance in organizing the hajj pilgrimage in 2008, House Speaker Agung Laksono said recently.
He said he received the proposal for the inquiry at the DPR building here on Tuesday (Dec. 16). The proposal was submitted by its initiators, including Abdullah Azwar Anas of the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction.
Laksono said the DPR leadership would take follow-up steps on the proposal. The legislators were of the view that the organization of this year's hajj pilgrimage was worse than last year.
The report was presented by the coordinator of ICW's public services monitoring division, Ade Irawan, to BK Chairman Irsyad Sudiro at the Parliament bbuilding here on Friday. Also present on the occasion were BK Deputy chairmen Gayus Lumbuun and Tiurlan Hutagaol.
ICW handed in evidence that two legislators -- identified as ST and SA -- had received funds amounting to US$2,845. And in 2005, the religious affairs ministry also had given Rp495.4 million to a number of House Commission VIII members, according to ICW.
The religious affairs ministry had also provided funds to several members of the House's Working Committee on the Hajj cost in 2005.
The BK chairman said his office would follow up the report after the House's recess was over in mid-January 2009.
Meanwhile, a total of 121 House of Representatives (DPR) members have officially filed a proposal for an inquiry into the government's performance in organizing the hajj pilgrimage in 2008, House Speaker Agung Laksono said recently.
He said he received the proposal for the inquiry at the DPR building here on Tuesday (Dec. 16). The proposal was submitted by its initiators, including Abdullah Azwar Anas of the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction.
Laksono said the DPR leadership would take follow-up steps on the proposal. The legislators were of the view that the organization of this year's hajj pilgrimage was worse than last year.
