Firli Is Scheduled To Fulfill The Call Of The KPK Council Regarding The Meeting With SYL On Tuesday Tomorrow

KPK chairman Firli Bahuri with former Minister of Agriculture SYL (ist)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri will fulfill the summons of the KPK Supervisory Board (Dewas) on Tuesday, November 14. This assurance was conveyed after he received an official letter rescheduling a request for information regarding the alleged meeting with former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo. According to the official letter of the KPK Council regarding the rescheduling of the examination of the KPK Chair which will be carried out on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, Mr. Firli Bahuri confirmed that he would be present to fulfill the invitation," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Monday, November 13. Firli, continued Ali, admitted that he was ready to explain his meeting with Syahrul. The rescheduling was carried out because he was busy. Rescheduling of this examination was carried out considering that at his original inspection invitation, Mr. FB was already scheduled for other activities,'' he said. Meanwhile, KPK Supervisory Board member Syamsuddin Haris said the investigation would be carried out today, Monday, November 13 at 10.00 WIB. The same thing was also conveyed by the member of the KPK Council Albertina Ho. Today, his invitation was corrected via an email last Friday,'' when confirmed. It is known that Firli would actually be examined at the end of last October. However, at that time asked for a delay of examination until November 8. The KPK Supervisory Board did not specify the reason for the request for the postponement. However, recently Firli was known to be in his office according to the recognition of the Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri. The three were then asked to explain the alleged extortion related to handling cases of corruption in the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture.

"In general, related to allegations of extortion and clarification related to photos, that's all the questions are. Regarding extortion, I don't know what happened," said Alex at the ACLC Building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Monday, October 30. Meanwhile, Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Nawawi Pomolango could not provide information because he was sick. The report on alleged ethical violations of Firli and Syahrul's meeting was conveyed by the Law Concerned Student Committee on Friday, October 6.