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All eyes on Indonesia’s identity card scam The spiraling US$172 million
parliamentary scandal has tainted President Joko Widodo while boosting the
electoral prospects of comparatively clean opposition leader Prabowo
Subianto

By John McBeth  Jakarta, August
2, 2017 1:33 PM (UTC+8)


[image: An Indonesian man shows his identity card, locally known as KTP, in
a file photo. A government scheme to produce new cards has revealed the
largest corruption scandal in recent history. Photo: AFP/Ahmad Zamroni]

An Indonesian man shows his identity card, locally known as KTP, in a file
photo. A government scheme to produce new cards has revealed the largest
corruption scandal in recent history. Photo: AFP/Ahmad Zamroni

Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) leader Prabowo Subianto, who has
his eye on another bid for the presidency in 2019, knows a losing cause
when he sees one – even if many of Indonesia’s tone-death political parties
don’t.

Heeding widespread public condemnation, Prabowo’s opposition party has
pulled out of Parliament’s critical inquiry into the Anti-Corruption
Commission (KPK), saying it was the “wrong step” and would only weaken the
fight against corruption.

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That leaves President Joko Widodo’s own Indonesian Democratic Party for
Struggle (PDI-P) and five other ruling coalition partners — Golkar, the
United Development (PPP), National Democrat (NasDem), People’s Conscience
(Hanura) and National Mandate (PAN) parties — still on what many see as a
shameful crusade to defang the anti-graft agency.



The National Awakening Party (PKB) is the only government party that is not
represented on the inquiry panel, while former president Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono’s centrist Democrat Party (PD) joined a walk out when the action
was hastily approved at a plenary session last April.

Interestingly, Prabowo and Yudhoyono are reported to be actively
considering a possible alliance in 2019, with speculation centering on the
former president’s eldest son, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, as a possible
Prabowo running mate.

[image: Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (C), joined by running mate
Hatta Rajasa (top R), who lost the polls to Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo
speaks to supporters during a rally outside the Constitutional Court in
Jakarta on July 25, 2014 as his team of lawyers filed a legal challenge to
the election result, alleging widespread electoral fraud and irregularities
in vote counting. Prabowo has refused to concede defeat despite the
elections commission's declaration Tuesday that Widodo won the presidency
with 53 percent of the vote. AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO / STR]

Prabowo Subianto (C) speaks to supporters after losing the 2014
presidential election. Photo: AFP

The 38-year-old retired infantry officer failed in the first round of last
February’s Jakarta gubernatorial election, but critics blamed his father
for a strategy that had his son playing the Islamic card instead of
appealing to the youth vote.

Parliament launched the inquiry after the KPK understandably refused a
request to hand over copies of testimony by Hanura lawmaker Miryam Haryani,
a key witness in the 5.9 trillion rupiah (US$172 million) electronic
identity card scandal that has implicated various political parties,
including Widodo’s PDI-P.

The ongoing investigation has already led to the indictment of House
Speaker and Golkar party chairman Setya Novanto, who is accused of being
the mastermind behind Parliament’s largest single corruption case since the
birth of Indonesia’s post-Suharto democratic era.

[image: The speaker of Indonesia's parliament Setya Novanto waves as he
arrives at Corruption Eradication Commision building (KPK) in Jakarta,
Indonesia, July 14, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken
July 14, 2017. Antara Foto/Hafidz Mubarak via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS -
THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. MANDATORY
CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN INDONESIA.]

The speaker of Indonesia’s parliament Setya Novanto as he arrives at the
Corruption Eradication Commission building (KPK) in Jakarta, July 14, 2017.
Photo: Antara Foto/Hafidz Mubarak via Reuters

PKP chairman Agus Rahardjo claims Novanto took a direct role in the
front-loading of the 2009 budget process, which effectively doubled the
cost of the project, and in subsequently rigging the tenders.

Haryani, 43, who is now facing perjury charges, has knowledge of the
illegal flow of funds from the grossly inflated identity card procurement
project to as many as 50 other legislators.

The KPK claims senior politicians pressured Haryani to recant the testimony
she was to give at the trial of two senior Home Affairs Ministry officials,
who were last week jailed for seven and five years respectively for their
role in the 

[GELORA45] All eyes on Indonesia’s identity card scam

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http://www.atimes.com/article/eyes-indonesias-identity-card-scam/



All eyes on Indonesia’s identity card scam The spiraling US$172 million
parliamentary scandal has tainted President Joko Widodo while boosting the
electoral prospects of comparatively clean opposition leader Prabowo
Subianto

By John McBeth  Jakarta, August
2, 2017 1:33 PM (UTC+8)


[image: An Indonesian man shows his identity card, locally known as KTP, in
a file photo. A government scheme to produce new cards has revealed the
largest corruption scandal in recent history. Photo: AFP/Ahmad Zamroni]

An Indonesian man shows his identity card, locally known as KTP, in a file
photo. A government scheme to produce new cards has revealed the largest
corruption scandal in recent history. Photo: AFP/Ahmad Zamroni

Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) leader Prabowo Subianto, who has
his eye on another bid for the presidency in 2019, knows a losing cause
when he sees one – even if many of Indonesia’s tone-death political parties
don’t.

Heeding widespread public condemnation, Prabowo’s opposition party has
pulled out of Parliament’s critical inquiry into the Anti-Corruption
Commission (KPK), saying it was the “wrong step” and would only weaken the
fight against corruption.

The DailyBrief

Must-reads from across Asia - directly to your inbox

That leaves President Joko Widodo’s own Indonesian Democratic Party for
Struggle (PDI-P) and five other ruling coalition partners — Golkar, the
United Development (PPP), National Democrat (NasDem), People’s Conscience
(Hanura) and National Mandate (PAN) parties — still on what many see as a
shameful crusade to defang the anti-graft agency.



The National Awakening Party (PKB) is the only government party that is not
represented on the inquiry panel, while former president Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono’s centrist Democrat Party (PD) joined a walk out when the action
was hastily approved at a plenary session last April.

Interestingly, Prabowo and Yudhoyono are reported to be actively
considering a possible alliance in 2019, with speculation centering on the
former president’s eldest son, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, as a possible
Prabowo running mate.

[image: Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (C), joined by running mate
Hatta Rajasa (top R), who lost the polls to Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo
speaks to supporters during a rally outside the Constitutional Court in
Jakarta on July 25, 2014 as his team of lawyers filed a legal challenge to
the election result, alleging widespread electoral fraud and irregularities
in vote counting. Prabowo has refused to concede defeat despite the
elections commission's declaration Tuesday that Widodo won the presidency
with 53 percent of the vote. AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO / STR]

Prabowo Subianto (C) speaks to supporters after losing the 2014
presidential election. Photo: AFP

The 38-year-old retired infantry officer failed in the first round of last
February’s Jakarta gubernatorial election, but critics blamed his father
for a strategy that had his son playing the Islamic card instead of
appealing to the youth vote.

Parliament launched the inquiry after the KPK understandably refused a
request to hand over copies of testimony by Hanura lawmaker Miryam Haryani,
a key witness in the 5.9 trillion rupiah (US$172 million) electronic
identity card scandal that has implicated various political parties,
including Widodo’s PDI-P.

The ongoing investigation has already led to the indictment of House
Speaker and Golkar party chairman Setya Novanto, who is accused of being
the mastermind behind Parliament’s largest single corruption case since the
birth of Indonesia’s post-Suharto democratic era.

[image: The speaker of Indonesia's parliament Setya Novanto waves as he
arrives at Corruption Eradication Commision building (KPK) in Jakarta,
Indonesia, July 14, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken
July 14, 2017. Antara Foto/Hafidz Mubarak via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS -
THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. MANDATORY
CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN INDONESIA.]

The speaker of Indonesia’s parliament Setya Novanto as he arrives at the
Corruption Eradication Commission building (KPK) in Jakarta, July 14, 2017.
Photo: Antara Foto/Hafidz Mubarak via Reuters

PKP chairman Agus Rahardjo claims Novanto took a direct role in the
front-loading of the 2009 budget process, which effectively doubled the
cost of the project, and in subsequently rigging the tenders.

Haryani, 43, who is now facing perjury charges, has knowledge of the
illegal flow of funds from the grossly inflated identity card procurement
project to as many as 50 other legislators.

The KPK claims senior politicians pressured Haryani to recant the testimony
she was to give at the trial of two senior Home Affairs Ministry officials,
who were last week jailed for seven and five years respectively for their
role in the