Golkar Party chief patron Akbar Tandjung advised lawmakers against banning two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chiefs from attending its hearing sessions.
Golkar has been among the factions at the House of Representatives strongly objecting to the attendance of Bibit Samad Riyanto and Chandra M. Hamzah in its hearings, reasoning that their status as suspects in a bribery and extortion case made them ineligible to attend.
Akbar said the House should not object to the two KPK deputies’ presence because the Attorney General’s Office (AGO)’s decision to its halt probe into the case under a mechanism called deponeering should mean they were no longer suspects.
“House members should prioritize law enforcement against bigger cases, namely the Bank Century (bailout) case currently handled by the KPK,” Akbar said Friday in Jakarta, as quoted by Antara.
“Urging the KPK to settle the Bank Century case should be a priority … instead of troubling the legal status of Bibit and Chandra,” added the former House speaker.
Akbar said the move could lower the public’s trust in lawmakers.
The AGO decided on issuing a deponeering letter regarding Bibit and Chandra’s case given that many members of the public believe that the two had been framed in an attempt to weaken the KPK.
After a recent vote, House Commission III overseeing legal and security affairs decided to ban Bibit and Chandra from attending any of its future hearings.
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