The Problematic Gift

Nazaruddin’s attempt to bribe the Constitutional Court was reported to the president last year. But it became publicly known only after media reports on the bribery case involving the athletes’ dormitory construction project.

May 25, 2011

A ROUTINE meeting of the Constitutional Court held after sundown kept being interrupted by the ringing cellphone of secretary-general Djanedri M. Gaffar, who was chairing the meeting. He felt uncomfortable about it, but the number was that of an important person: Democrat Party Treasurer M. Nazaruddin.

On September 23 last year, Nazaruddin asked to meet Djanedri. “At first I refused him because I had a secretariat meeting,” Djanedri said la

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