Masinton Calls Alleged Cooking Oil Corruption To Fund Election Postponement, PDIP: The Informants Are Not Cans, Horrifyingly Delicious

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission VI of the DPR from the PDIP faction, Darmadi Durianto, responded to information from his colleague, Masinton Pasaribu regarding the alleged corruption case related to the export of cooking oil with fundraising to launch the issue of delaying the 2024 Election. the relationship between cooking oil corruption and the discourse of postponing elections. Darmadi said that data was still needed to confirm Masinton's allegations. "There is no visible correlation yet. Strong data is needed," said Darmadi to VOI, Monday, April 25. Regarding whether the AGO needs to follow up on information from Masinton, the PDIP politician was reluctant to comment. However, another member of the PDIP faction, Hendrawan Supratikno, actually believes that Masinton's informant regarding reports of corruption in cooking oil for funding the postponement of the election is not 'canned'. As if in support, the senior PDIP politician assesses Masinton has the ability to sniff out oligarchic conspiracies.

"The senses of the members of the council are different. Regarding the oligarchic conspiracy, Masinton's colleague has a radar with a long range," Hendrawan told reporters, Monday, April 25.

The member of the House of Representatives Commission XI then compared Masinton's skills, which had been honed for a long time, to the latest memory devices.

"The RAM is strong, the latest version and the lithium battery lasts a long time," he said.

Hendrawan even revealed that Masinton is a person who is close to suppliers of important information.

"It has been honed for a long time. Diligently associate with important sources of information. So it's not a canned class. It's horribly delicious," concluded Hendrawan.

Previously, Masinton Pasaribu had asked the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to investigate the alleged connection between the alleged corruption case in granting export permits for crude palm oil (CPO) with fundraising for the issue of delaying the 2024 election. Masinton claims to have data related to this allegation.

"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 on Sunday, April 24 yesterday.

This information, he said, became an important part of the investigation that had to be carried out 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.