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After the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) issued a notification letter to launch an investigation into him, Social Affairs Minister Idrus Marham decided to step down from his ministerial position.
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Idrus Marham leaves the Presidential Palace complex after submitting his resignation letter to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in Jakarta on Friday (24/8/2018). Idrus decided to step down as social affairs minister after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) issued a notification letter to launch an investigation against him in a corruption allegation surrounding a contract agreement on a power plant construction project in Riau.
After the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) issued a notification letter to launch an investigation into him, Social Affairs Minister Idrus Marham decided to step down from his ministerial position.
Idrus conveyed his wish to resign in his meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday (24/8/2018). Idrus served as the social affairs minister for 220 days. He was sworn in on Jan. 18, 2018. Besides resigning from his ministerial position, Idrus, who was also a former Secretary-General of Golkar Party, resigned from the party\'s management. President Jokowi immediately appointed Golkar Party politician Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita as the new social affairs minister.