Once a commissioner of the General Elections Commission (KPU), Andi is accused of using a falsified copy of a Constitutional Court ruling to grant a seat in the House of Representatives to a candidate from the People’s Conscience Party (Hanura) at the expense of a candidate from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra).
A working committee of the House will summon all related parties, including Andi Nurpati and Arsyad Sanusi. It seems that the problems is getting bigger and get media attention recently.
The statement came a day after a hearing on the matter at the House’s Commission II on home affairs, where it was suggested that a Constitutional Court justice could have been involved in the document fraud.
Though Arsyad has resigned, the House could still summon him because the committee had the right to summon anybody related to the case for an explanation.
It has been 16 months since Andi was reported to police for falsifying a Constitutional Court ruling on a poll dispute – which saw the KPU wrongly grant a seat to Hanura’s Dewi Yasin Limpo.
Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud M.D. went public with the case and filed a police report in February last year. This week however, it was revealed the initial report had still not reached the detectives unit.
The revelation has provoked widespread criticism, with some suspicious that Andi is not being investigated by the police because she is spokeswoman for the Democratic Party.
The Constitutional Court chief said that although he was happy the House had finally decided to investigate the matter, he was still disappointed.
“The handling of this case [by the House] is still late. Also, police are very late in handling this case,” Mahfud said in a short interview. “Remember though, that the House working committee could become a Pandora’s Box.
“When it is finally opened, it will not only point to one case. This could also lead to political instability in the future, because the validity of general elections will come into question.”
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