Nearing the Inquiry Deadline

Kompas/Wisnu Widiantoro

A panel of judges listens to Constitutional Law expert Bvitri Susanti at a review hearing on the House of Representatives Special Inquiry Committee at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta, Tuesday (5/9). Aside from Bvitri, who delivered testimony as an expert witness for the petitioners of the constitutional review on the inquiry committee’s establishment, former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leader Bambang Widjojanto and House Commission III member Arsul Sani, also made court statements.

In two days, on Sept. 28, 2017, the term of the special inquiry committee on the KPK will theoretically end. Debate still remains on whether or not its term should be extended.

There are factions that agree that the inquiry committee’s term should be extended. There are those that hold an opposite opinion. The House of Representatives plenary meeting on Tuesday will decide. We are of the opinion that the inquiry committee’s term does not need to be extended!