Anas Urbaningrum Boasts That He Will Open Up After Being Free, Democrats: Why Should We Be Afraid? We Just Wait

Andi Mallarangeng (Via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Democrat Party is not afraid of boasting that the convict in the Hambalang project case and former Chairman of the Democratic Party, Anas Urbaningrum, will be 'openly' related to the case that ensnared him after his release in April. Relaxedly, the Secretary of the Democratic Party's High Council, Andi Mallarangeng, said that his party was just waiting for Anas' move. According to him, anyone has the right to talk and talk. "Yes, we'll just have to wait, that's everyone's right to talk. Why should we be afraid?" Andi said at the DPP office of the Democratic Party, Central Jakarta, Thursday, March 2. Andi assessed that the issue regarding Anas Urbaningrum was not the domain of his party. Because he said Anas was no longer a cadre of the Democratic Party. "If you leave the Democrats, it's no longer a Democratic matter," he explained. It is known, after being released Anas is rumored to be joining the Partai Kebangkitan Nusantara (PKN). Therefore, Andi emphasized that his party did not want to interfere in the affairs of other parties. "That's up to each party. We take care of the Democratic Party. Please other parties take care of their respective parties," he said. Previously, the General Chairperson of the Partai Kebangkitan Nusantara (PKN), Gede Pasek, said Anas Urbaningrum would join his party after being released later. He said Anas was also ready to 'open up'. This was conveyed by Pasek at the ACLC KPK building in accordance with the opening of the Smart Political Exercise with Integrity (PCB) for PKN, Tuesday, February 28. “Oh, yes, later he (Anas Urbaningrum) will join. And later there will be opened as well, it's not just a leaking sprindik that became a problem for the KPK's black history at that time. It's a leaked sprindik, then the leak from a power node, right, it's a language that wasn't independent at that time. And there are other cases,” Pasek told reporters. Even so, Pasek who was beside the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Alexander Marwata did not mention the details of ‘ black history ’ what it meant. But on that occasion, he talked a lot about Hambalang, the case that ensnared Anas. Pasek assessed that the case that plunged his colleague kept many questions. Moreover, he claimed that the case deliberately sacrificed Anas and only stopped there. “ I think in that process we really follow it, right, that's also a big question mark to this day. If, for example, like the Hambalang case, for example, whether it's over or it ends there. That's also a problem,” said Pasek.