The Golkar Party Will Prepare A Substitute For Azis Syamsuddin As Deputy Speaker Of The DPR

Golkar Party press conference addressing Azis Syamsuddin's status as a KPK suspect/ Photo: Mery Handayani

JAKARTA - After being named a suspect by the KPK, Azis Syamsuddin officially resigned from his position as Deputy Speaker of the DPR for the 2019-2024 period.

"The Golkar Party hereby informs that brother Azis Syamsuddin has submitted his letter of resignation as Deputy Chairman of the DPR RI for the 2019-2024 period," said Golkar Party DPP Chairman Adies Kadir during a press conference, Saturday, September 25.

Adies said that Golkar had taken steps in accordance with Article 87 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the MD3 Law regarding the resignation of the DPR leadership. He said, Golkar will immediately process to find a replacement for Azis Syamsuddin in the near future.

"Regarding his successor, the Golkar Party will process it in the near future," he said.

According to Adies, his party will certainly hold a meeting mechanism to determine the candidate to replace Azis Syamsuddin who will be placed in the position of deputy chairman of the DPR. He emphasized that the Azis Syamsuddin case would not hamper the performance of the DPR.

"This is proof that the DPR can run as usual, there will be no problems. God willing, in the near future the Golkar Party will announce a replacement candidate," he said.

For your information, Azis Syamsuddin is the sole suspect in the alleged bribery case handling cases in Central Lampung. It has also been targeted since August 2020.

This case began when Azis tried to contact former KPK investigator Stepanus Robin Pattuju to close the case against Golkar Party politician Aliza Gunado and himself at the KPK.

Robin asked Azis Syamsuddin for money to help him close the case at the KPK. To launch the action, Robin was also assisted by Lawyer Maskur Husain. Robin allegedly met Azis Syamsuddin several times to receive money. The money is given regularly three times, namely 100 thousand US dollars, 17,600 Singapore dollars, and 140,500 Singapore dollars.

The initial agreement was that Azis Syamsuddin had to give Rp4 billion to close the case. Meanwhile, Robin and Maskur are alleged to have received Rp3.1 billion from Azis Syamsuddin.

For his actions, Azis Syamsuddin is suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 5 paragraph (1) letter b or Article 13 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by the Law of the Republic of Indonesia. Number 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.