PALEMBANG - The suspect in the alleged corruption case of the Sriwijaya Grand Mosque in Palembang, South Sumatra, Alex Noerdin denied ordering the Chairman of BPKAD to budget Rp 100 billion annually for the construction of the mosque.
"There is no order from me, only suggestions," said Alex Noerdin in a trial at the Palembang District Court, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, September 28.
According to Alex, he only suggested to the Chairman of the BPKAD, Laoma L Tobing, to complete the disbursement of grant funds which were budgeted at Rp50 billion each in the first term and Rp80 billion in the second, instead of budgeting Rp100 billion annually.
"So what Mr. Tobing did was different from my advice," he said.
Alex Noerdin believes that before the funds are disbursed, all administrative requirements have been met, such as a proposal letter from the Sriwijaya Mosque Waqf Foundation because without this, the process will not run.
"I'm sure there must be a proposal because if there isn't there won't be a process and the regional grant agreement (NPHD) script, so it's just a matter of disbursing it," he added.
Previously, based on information from the former Head of the South Sumatra BPKAD, Laoma L Tobing, at a hearing on Tuesday, September 7, it was stated that he received an order from Alex Noerdin as governor at that time to budget Rp 100 billion annually for the construction of the Sriwijaya Grand Mosque in Palembang.
"I was ordered by him (Governor of South Sumatra Alex Noerdin, ed) to budget Rp100 billion every year for the construction of this mosque," said Laoma Tobing in court,
The request, continued Laoma, was conveyed directly by Alex Noerdin orally to himself during the agenda of a meeting that took place at Griya Agung, Palembang (the governor's official residence) in 2014.
"At that time, as I recall, there was also Mr. Marwah and a number of officials from the South Sumatra Provincial Government," he said.
On the order, he entered the value of the money as a grant for the construction of a mosque in the budget work plan (RKA).
After that, it was included in the discussion by the South Sumatra Regional Government Budget Team (TPAD), which at that time was chaired by the suspect Mukti Sulaiman.
The South Sumatra Provincial Government disbursed a grant of IDR 130 billion for the construction of the Sriwijaya Grand Mosque which was carried out in two terms.
In the first term in 2015 it was worth IDR 50 billion, and in the second term in 2017 it was worth IDR 80 billion, each of which came from the South Sumatra Provincial Budget, after being signed by the NPHD by Assistant 3 for Welfare of the South Sumatra Provincial Government, Akhmad Najib.
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