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Freeport boss trying to cause trouble between House, govt: deputy speaker
Jakarta Post - December 7, 2015
"Please don't fool the people. How can a foreign private party so easily intervene in our constitutional system? This is a bad precedent for the future," said Fadli as quoted by Kompas.com on Monday.
According to Fadli, Maroef's attempt at creating a rift between the House and the government was shown by his decision to record his conversation with House Speaker Setya Novanto and oil businessman Riza Chalid in June this year.
"We should not fall for 'divide et impera' over something that did not happen, especially as at the end of the day this is about Freeport's [contract] extension," Fadli said.
Fadli insisted that he could hear no attempt by Novanto to ask for a share allocation in Freeport in the audio recording used as evidence by Maroef in the hearing at the House's ethics council last Thursday, Dec. 4.
Fadli accused Maroef of attempting to extend Freeport's contract, which is due to expire in 2019, before it was due.
During the hearing in question, Maroef admitted that he recorded his meeting with Setya and Riza, saying that he decided to do so because he was worried or suspicious about Riza's motives when he asked Maroef to meet for the third time.
In the hearing the House's ethics council played the audio recording of the conversation during which Setya allegedly cited the authority of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla when asking for a share allocation from Freeport. (afr/dan)
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