JAKARTA. A senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician has claimed that Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Abraham Samad tampered with the legal process of some PDI-P graft suspects in order to secure the vice-presidential candidacy during the 2014 election. PDI-P deputy secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto said on Thursday that Samad had a series of meetings with several PDI-P politicians, including him and Hendropriyono, who was formerly involved in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s campaign team as an advisor. "The initiative [for the meetings] was pushed by one of Samad's campaign team members. Two of them, D1 and D2, actively lobbied us," he told a press conference in Menteng, Central Jakarta.
PDI-P politician reveals Samad's VP ambitions
JAKARTA. A senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician has claimed that Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Abraham Samad tampered with the legal process of some PDI-P graft suspects in order to secure the vice-presidential candidacy during the 2014 election. PDI-P deputy secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto said on Thursday that Samad had a series of meetings with several PDI-P politicians, including him and Hendropriyono, who was formerly involved in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s campaign team as an advisor. "The initiative [for the meetings] was pushed by one of Samad's campaign team members. Two of them, D1 and D2, actively lobbied us," he told a press conference in Menteng, Central Jakarta.