Setya Novanto Abandoned

The political career of the former House of Representatives (DPR) speaker and Golkar Party general chairman, Setya Novanto, may be over following his sentencing, and his potential abandonment his peers.

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Former House speaker Setya Novanto reacts after a panel of judges sentences him to 15 years in prison at the Corruption Court in Jakarta on Tuesday (24/4/2018). Setya was also ordered to pay Rp 500 million or serve an additional three months’ imprisonment for corruption.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The corruption trial over the 2011-2012 e-ID card procurement project has not only imprisoned Setya Novanto, 62. The political career of the former House of Representatives (DPR) speaker and Golkar Party general chairman may be over following his sentencing, and his potential abandonment his peers.

The judicial panel of the Jakarta Corruption Court, led by judge Yanto, on Tuesday (24/4/2018) revoked Novanto of his political rights for five years, essentially banning him from taking public office for the duration.