Getting Off Scot-Free

A meeting held on the 46th floor of the Bakrie Tower in Kuningan, South Jakarta, last Monday gave Golkar Party leaders a chance to make their pitch. Ade Komarudin, chair of the Golkar faction at the House of Representatives (DPR), was given the task of explaining the party's draft of a National Amnesty Bill to assembled party heads.

The bill had yet to undergo scrutiny at the DPR. According to Gerindra Party Secretary-General Ahmad Muzani, furthermore, those present were unpersuaded by the presentation. "The bill offers undue leeway, generous tax amnesties and will be hotly debated by the public," Ahmad noted. Ade Komarudin declined to comment.

October 20, 2015