Disciplinary council in row over alleged ethical violations

Jakarta | Thu, 03/18/2010 11:32 AM

The chairman of the House of Representatives' disciplinary council, Gayus Lumbuun from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), says that council members who are recently reported for ethical violations must be inactive.

The reported members are Chaeruman Harahap and Nudirman Munir. Both of them from the Golkar Party were reported for their involvement in a scuffle during a House plenary session on the Bank Century bailout case.

"The report on them has been officially submitted to the council, therefore, they must temporarily be inactive to prevent any possible conflict of interests," Gayus told The Jakarta Post at the House in Jakarta on Thursday.

"We are going to process them as usual," he added.

Previously, in an ironic twist, Nudirman and Chaeruman initiated a vote of no confidence against Gayus, citing that the chairman was too authoritarian in leading the council.