TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – DPR Commission III member Arsul Sani hopes the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud Md had long time to discuss the Rp 349 trillion odd transaction at the Ministry of Finance. He considered that the public needed a complete explanation from Mahfud regarding the transaction which was called the crime of money laundering.
“We hope that Mr. Mahfud will provide the time needed for a meeting to discuss the issue of this suspicious transaction, as someone who has been a member DPROf course Pak Mahfud also understands that sometimes meetings at the DPR can be lengthy,” said Arsul via text message, Sunday, March 26, 2023.
Arsul said this was in response to the challenge presented by Mahfud via his Twitter account. Mahfud said he would comply with the invitation to a meeting from Commission III of the DPR regarding suspicious transactions of Rp. 349 trillion in Ministry of Finance. Mahfud asked a number of members of the DPR’s legal commission to attend the meeting. One of the requests was addressed to Arsul. “Don’t look for reasons to be absent,” said Mahfud.
Mahfud was the first to disclose the findings of an alleged transaction of IDR 349 trillion in money laundering at the Ministry of Finance to the public. This statement created a polemic in society. Mahfud explained several times that the findings were not corruption by Ministry of Finance employees, but transactions that smelled suspicious money laundering.
Arsul welcomed Mahfud’s statement. This member of the DPR from the PPP faction thinks that Mahfud’s statement is a determination to resolve this issue as well as possible. According to Arsul, the problem of suspicious transactions cannot be resolved through a meeting between the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, the Minister of Finance and the Head of the Center for Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis (PPATK).
The three parties had a meeting and ended with a press conference on Monday, March 20, 2023 regarding the issue of this transaction. However, according to Arsul, this issue was not sufficiently resolved by the meeting which ended with the press conference.
“The public needs to be clearly enlightened as to what is actually the central issue and how this suspicious transaction is planned,” he said.
According to Arsul, the meeting with Mahfud was also intended as an evaluation from the DPR on the work of the National Coordinating Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Crimes chaired by Mahfud. He said the DPR needs to know whether this committee has worked in accordance with the rule of law and has practiced the best way to eradicate money laundering offenses that can be done.
Arsul hopes that the meeting to be held between the DPR and Mahfud will clarify the issue of the Rp 349 trillion transaction, including the government’s long-term plan to eradicate money laundering crimes.
“So it’s not just about getting applause, praise or positive narrative from netizens, now the problem just evaporates,” he said.
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