Antasari Takes Center Stage
THE new leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was announced last week. Antasari Azhar, the prosecutor who people feel has a questionable record, was elected the new chairman of the institution. The Golkar and PDI-P parties played important roles behind the election outcome. Amien Sunaryadi, the candidate anticorruption activists felt was most suitable to lead the KPK, was kept out of the race. Tempo witnessed the entire election drama as it played out at the House of Representatives (DPR) in Senayan, Central Jakarta, in which Antasari came out victorious.
December 11, 2007
A GROUP of women quickly entered the room just as about 40 members of the DPR’s Law Commission ended their session. Dressed in jeans and white T-shirts, these members of the Women’s Anticorruption Alliance carried white roses. They moved about, rapidly placing flowers on the tables of the Law Commission session room. Along with the flowers was a piece of paper which read: “Use Your Conscience. Don’t Pick Antasari.” Also written on this
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