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Legislator defends KPK`s right to search house members` work rooms
Sabtu, 26 April 2008 | 03:04 WIB
Jakarta, NU Online
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has every right to search Al Amin Nur Nasution`s work room and those of other House of Represenatives (DPR) members as part of its investigation into an alleged bribery case, a legislator said.
"Based on the law, the KPK has the right to conduct a search. So, Why not? The matter has been regulated in the law which was drafted by the lawmakers themselves," Panda Nababan, a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) faction in the DPR, said.<>
Panda said the polemics on whether or not the KPK had the right to search lawmakers` work rooms harmed the interest of DPR as an institution because it was the DPR itself which provided the KPK with the authority to do so.
"The polemics on it are embarrasing. The KPK was set up by the government and the DPR with the authority to search," Panda Nababan, who is also a member of DPR`s Commission III on legal affairs, said.
He said when the law on KPK was drafted in 2002 it was the DPR which gave the KPK the right to conduct its investigation tasks, including searching parties suspected of corruption.
"The KPK was given the broadest right by the DPR, including bugging, confiscating and searching," Panda said.
The KPK has carried out its rights based on the law. "KPK is right based on the law. About the procedure, it should have been discussed before searches were made," he added.
He said the reason that the search had run counter to the procedures should have not created a polemic. "The reason is only a fabricated one because the KPK also searched the Attorney General`s Office, the Supreme Court and the Judicial Commission without following any particular procedure," he added.
Panda said the consultative meeting of the DPR leadership, faction leaders and the DPR`s Council of Ethics which was held in connection with the arrest of DPR members on suspicion of bribery, was already too late.
"Why was the matter only discussed after three members have been arrested?" he said. (ant/dar)
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has every right to search Al Amin Nur Nasution`s work room and those of other House of Represenatives (DPR) members as part of its investigation into an alleged bribery case, a legislator said.
"Based on the law, the KPK has the right to conduct a search. So, Why not? The matter has been regulated in the law which was drafted by the lawmakers themselves," Panda Nababan, a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) faction in the DPR, said.<>
Panda said the polemics on whether or not the KPK had the right to search lawmakers` work rooms harmed the interest of DPR as an institution because it was the DPR itself which provided the KPK with the authority to do so.
"The polemics on it are embarrasing. The KPK was set up by the government and the DPR with the authority to search," Panda Nababan, who is also a member of DPR`s Commission III on legal affairs, said.
He said when the law on KPK was drafted in 2002 it was the DPR which gave the KPK the right to conduct its investigation tasks, including searching parties suspected of corruption.
"The KPK was given the broadest right by the DPR, including bugging, confiscating and searching," Panda said.
The KPK has carried out its rights based on the law. "KPK is right based on the law. About the procedure, it should have been discussed before searches were made," he added.
He said the reason that the search had run counter to the procedures should have not created a polemic. "The reason is only a fabricated one because the KPK also searched the Attorney General`s Office, the Supreme Court and the Judicial Commission without following any particular procedure," he added.
Panda said the consultative meeting of the DPR leadership, faction leaders and the DPR`s Council of Ethics which was held in connection with the arrest of DPR members on suspicion of bribery, was already too late.
"Why was the matter only discussed after three members have been arrested?" he said. (ant/dar)
