November 29, 2016 edition
Setya Novanto Reinstated as DPR Speaker
THE Golkar party has decided to reinstate Novanto as speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), replacing Ade Komarudin. The decision was taken at a plenary meeting of Golkar's central committee at the party headquarters in Jakarta last week. "The decision was unanimous," said Nurdin Halid, the party's plenary chairman.
Setya, who is Golkar chairman, was DPR speaker from 2014 to 2015. He resigned after all factions in the DPR Ethics Council agreed that he violated ethics by claiming to speak for President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla in the scandal over a demand for Freeport Indonesia's shares. As a result, Ade Komarudin took over his position.
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November 15, 2016 edition
VARIOUS photos and short videos taken during the riots on November 4 were shown at the presentation of the case in the conference room of Jakarta Police's directorate of general crimes last Tuesday afternoon. A police officer explained the initial situation when protesters began to gather at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta. A group of people wearing Muslim Students Association (HMI) identifiers joined the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) ranks at 2:55pm.
The video then moved on to just before disturbances broke out. Around four in the afternoon, a group of people began burning tires and lengths of bamboo not far from the Presidential Palace. Half an hour later, a crowd wearing HMI identifiers began throwing things at security personnel. Disturbances continued with the burning of a bus transporting demonstrators and two police trucks. "Before dusk, the HMI crowd began attacking police lines outside Armed Forces guest house," said someone familiar with the case.
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