Gerindra: Khofifah Becomes A Political Target In The East Java Grant Fund Case

Deputy Chairperson Of The East Java Gerindra DPD, Zulfahmy Wahab (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the East Java Gerindra DPD, Zulfahmy Wahab, assessed that the corruption case of grant jatam funds handled by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is currently not only a legal issue. However, this case has begun to be used by certain parties to be a means of beating the Governor of East Java, Khofifah Indar Parawansa.

"Currently, the corruption case of East Java grant funds handled by the KPK has begun to be biased, this _issue_ has smelled an unpleasant odor that has been used by certain parties as a means of beatings to attack the character of Khofifah," Zulfahmy told the media crew in Jakarta, Friday, July 4.

Zulfahmy said that the news of the KPK's summons to the Governor of East Java had been used as a means of providing tendentious opinion and slander against the Governor of East Java.

The opinion convoy that occurred from the ceremony and social media clearly attacked and cornered Mrs. Khofifah. In fact, he was only asked for information in his capacity as an executive official of the East Java Provincial Government. This is a common thing that is procedural in the information search process at the KPK. , explained Bang Zul, as soon as this young man was familiarly called.

Making Khofifah as the object of character assassination is certainly considered attractive to certain parties. This is because the General Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Nahdlatul Ulama Muslimat is considered to have made many achievements while leading the province of East Java. In fact, it is a big figure who is in the ranks of popular figures at the national level.

"This is certainly unfair, because Mrs. Khofifah is a figure who is considered outstanding and has the potential to be on the national stage, then certain parties try to make her wither before developing. This is an unwise attitude. Political issues must be separated from the laws that process at the KPK," he added.

In the Corruption Case of the East Java Grant Fund, several big figures were also mentioned by the KPK. There are La Nyalla Mataliti and Abdul Halim Iskandar, the former village minister. Responding to this he said, "It doesn't mean these two figures are less popular. But now Mrs. Khofifah is the most popular, so the attack on Mrs. Khofifah's personal is even more devastating," added the former PB PMII activist.