Betrayal of Trust
No alibi or excuse can negate the fact that House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Setya Novanto has betrayed the state and the public. He has sold out the people's trust and, at the very least, the constituents who voted him in office in the 2014 general elections, by promoting his own interests and those of the group around him. He was part of a corrupt partnership that had only one objective in mind: to steal from the state.
The recording of Setya's conversation, in which he discusses acquiring Freeport Indonesia shares, provides evidence that is difficult to refute. In front of an oil businessman, whom we strongly believe to be Muhammad Riza Chalid, and Freeport Indonesia CEO Maroef Sjamsoeddin, Setya claimed President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla had asked for shares in the company as the price for extending the US mining giant's contract, which is due to expire in 2021.
November 24, 2015
No alibi or excuse can negate the fact that House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Setya Novanto has betrayed the state and the public. He has sold out the people's trust and, at the very least, the constituents who voted him in office in the 2014 general elections, by promoting his own interests and those of the group around him. He was part of a corrupt partnership that had only one objective in mind: to steal from the state.
The recording of Se
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