While having a discussion on live television regarding the Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) recent attempt to search the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDI-P) headquarters in Central Jakarta, PDI-P lawmaker Masinton Pasaribu showed a Sprindik (letter ordering the start of an investigation) for a bribery case involving General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner Wahyu Setiawan and several PDI-P members. The Sprindik, which was reportedly signed by former KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo, sparked speculation about the PDI-P’s close relationship with the antigraft body, as the Sprindik was supposed to be confidential and not disclosed to those outside the KPK.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the country’s largest political party of whic...

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