Thousands of people take to the streets to support KPK

Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Special Report | Wed, November 04 2009, 10:44 AM 

In Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, about 300 people staged a rally demanding that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono save the KPK.

“We urge the President to take a firm stance and save the KPK,” said the rally’s coordinator, Ervyn Kaffah.




Thousands of people across the country Tuesday continued to stage rallies to express support for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), as the Constitutional Court heard controversial tape recordings related to the arrest of the two KPK deputy chiefs.

In front of the court, dozens of policemen tightly guarded the rallies held by different groups, some of which supported the KPK, while others supported the police.

NGOs, students urge SBY to save KPK

Panca Nugraha, The Jakarta Post, Mataram | National | Tue, November 03 2009, 6:07 PM 

The rally’s coordinator, Ervyn Kaffah, said the KPK was being attacked in a move to paralyze it.

“The arrest of Bibit and Chandra is only a small part of a conspiracy with a wider objective to paralyze the KPK,” he said. “We urge the President to take a firm stance and save the KPK.”

“The KPK was set up because of the high level of corruption in Indonesia,” he said. “The KPK was implemented because prosecutors and the police did not effectively fight corruption.”

 
About 30 NGO activists, university and high school students in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, staged a rally Tuesday to express their support for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Protesting the arrest of the two KPK deputies, Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra Hamzah, they urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to save the KPK.