Secretary General of Employment: Pak Harto leads a simple life, why does the teacher call corruption?

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The secretary general of the working group, Priyo Budi Santoso, regretted the statement of PDI-P deputy secretary general, Ahmad Basarah, who called Suharto his corrupt professor.

"It's a vile statement and accusation." I was a little surprised that it was being delivered by a personality of the same caliber as Mas Ahmad Basarah, my friend who is also vice-president of the MPR's the Republic of Indonesia, "said Priyo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday (29/11/2018).

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"Pak Harto is known to lead a fairly simple life for the size of the president who has been in power for 32 years, he has also made several achievements and has many services," continued Priyo.

Priyo pointed out that there was no legal evidence to date that Suharto had committed bribes, as many parties claim.

Upon his death, the second president also received the funeral that was required, as the country's former leader.

KOMPAS.com/Ihsanuddin Priyo Budi Santoso, the politician who has long fought against the Golkar party, is now officially secretary-general of the working group. On Thursday (04/12/2018), Priyo, representing his party, was present at the National Halaqah at PP Muhammadiyah, Jakarta.

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Priyo even admitted that he had witnessed the burial of Suharto in Astana Giribangun, Karanganyar, in the community.

"Tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, lined up, delivered, cried, felt lost and paid respects to Pak Harto, I do not know, why is Pak Harto called a professor of corruption? "said Priyo.

Earlier, Basarah said, rampant corruption in Indonesia began since the era of President Soeharto. Therefore, he called Suharto a professor of corruption in Indonesia.

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This was conveyed by Basarah in response to the statement of presidential candidate number 02, Prabowo Subianto, who said that corruption in Indonesia was comparable to stage four cancer.

"Thus, the teacher of Indonesian corruption, according to MPR-TAP number 11 of 1998, was former president Soeharto and ex-brother-in-law Pak Prabowo," said Basarah after having participated in discussions at the Megawati Institute in Menteng, Jakarta, Wednesday (11/28/2018).

According to him, in referring to the problem of corruption, Prabowo allegedly sprayed his back with water and his face. The reason, he said, is that Prabowo was part of the New Order's power.