JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The inquiry committee of the DKI Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD DKI) has summoned Veronica Tan, the wife of Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, for questioning scheduled next week on Monday (Mar. 16).
Tubagus Arif, PKS politician and member of the inquiry committee, explained that the summon is aimed to ask explanation from Ahok’s wife related to her presence at the meeting of Kota Tua revitalization program.
Responding to the DPRD DKI’s summon, Ahok expressed his anger as the summon is not accordance to the purpose of the establishment of the inquiry committee. The inquiry committee was established by the DPRD DKI to investigate Ahok for allegation of deliberately sabotaging the DPRD’s budgeting right.
The recent conflict between Ahok and the DPRD DKI 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.
Ahok, meanwhile, fights back by revealing about how DPRD’s members engineering a mysterious Rp12.1 trillion budget into the Jakarta 2015 APBD. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)