JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Public supports continue flowing to the Governor of Jakarta Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama against impeachment process launched by the city legislative council (DPRD).
Guitarist of the country’s legendary pop-rock band Slank, Abdee Slank, also shown his support to Ahok as he attended a public rally staged on Monday in front of the Jakarta city hall. Talking to journalists, Abdee said that a number of artists also supported Ahok’s action against the DPRD.
The recent conflict between Ahok and the DPRD Jakarta is related to the deliberation process of the Jakarta 2015 provincial budget (APBD). The DPRD Jakarta has launched a motion to use its inquiry right against Ahok that by law the motion could lead into impeachment. The DPRD accused Ahok of deliberately sabotaging their budgeting right.
Ahok, meanwhile, fights back by revealing about DPRD’s engineering on a mysterious Rp12.1 trillion budget into the Jakarta 2015 APBD. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)