JAKARTA - Deputy Speaker of the MPR, Hidayat Nur Wahid, highlighted the issue of a palm oil company sponsoring the postponement of the 2024 General Election. This issue was raised by a politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDIP), Masinton Pasaribu. true, then it is a serious crime that needs to be acted upon immediately. Moreover, until there are allegations of corruption to finance constitutional changes in the MPR RI.
"If the news is true from Masinton Pasaribu, the palm oil company sponsored the postponement of the election, the money was used to pay for the MPR session to amend the constitution, then this is a very serious crime," Hidayat said when confirmed by VOI, Monday, April 25.
"The MPR strongly rejects the malicious maneuvers and actions," he continued.
Therefore, the Deputy Chairperson of the PKS Syuro Council requested that the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) who is currently handling the case to follow up and seriously investigate the information from Masinton. Hidayat hopes that this case can be opened openly.
"The AGO should immediately investigate thoroughly and punish (palm companies)," said Hidayat.
Previously, a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the PDIP faction, Masinton Pasaribu, asked the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to investigate the alleged connection between the alleged corruption case in granting crude palm oil (CPO) export permits and collecting funds for the issue of delaying the 2024 election.
"Yes, I have information that part of the scarcity of cooking oil and then the price was made expensive to prioritize export because of the need to maintain the issue of postponing the election," said Masinton, quoted on Sunday, April 24.
According to him, this information is an important part of the current investigation by the AGO. So, said Masinton, the investigators need to investigate further. This member of Commission XI of the DPR admitted that he had studied the information. However, he refused to clearly mention the source of information about it.
"The name is information, we have to study it, we have to verify it. But we also can't ignore the information. Moreover, the corruption case in the export of cooking oil has been handled by the Attorney General's Office," Masinton explained.
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