BUDGET BROKERS
Service with a Smell

Andi Rahmat and Setya Novanto claim to have ‘escorted’ regional budgets, refusing to be called brokers.

May 25, 2011

THE young politician calmly said, “I’ve often been called a party fundraiser.” Andi Rahmat, 35, the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) politician, added, “But I’m not a broker, boss.”

A member of the House of Representatives (DPR) since 1999, Andi now serves a second term in the legislative body. He is a member of the Budgetary Board, a DPR organ discussing budgets in detail. It is in this position that he has been mentioned by some

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