Panca Nugraha and Arya Dipa, The Jakarta Post, Mataram/Bandung | Archipelago | Thu, September 12 2013, 8:46 AM
“It should be clear that the funds are not exclusively within the private realm of political parties but are part of the public sphere,” NTB FITRA secretary-general Ervyn Kaffah said in a meeting with editors on Wednesday.
The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) chapter of the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) has urged the public and media to play an active role in overseeing funds being channeled by political parties.
FITRA deemed that funds managed by parties were often prone to misappropriation and irregularities, because they have so far not been transparent with the public in managing their funds, although part of the funds were from regional budgets; while information regarding the use of the funds should be transparent and accountable.
