"I will solve all next week. There are matters that I must resolve first," Jokowi stated.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo revealed that next week, he will solve the issues arising due to the cancellation of Commissioner General Budi Gunawans inauguration as the police chief.
"I will solve all next week. There are matters that I must resolve first," he stated on the sidelines of a coordination meeting of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) here on Wednesday.
The head of state said he will firstly deal with "other matters" this week, and thus, the Budi Gunawan issue would be solved next week.
President Joko Widodo is scheduled to leave for a four-day visit to Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines on Thursday.
Syafii Maarif, the chairman of the nine-member team set up by the president to conduct a fact-finding mission on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)-police conflict, has recommended that the head of state should find other candidates to fill the post of police chief.
The ongoing KPK-police conflict surfaced after the anti-graft body named Budi Gunawan, the sole candidate for the Indonesian police chiefs post, a suspect in a corruption case on January 13, 2015.
The KPK investigators accused Budi Gunawan of receiving bribes through a suspicious transaction when he headed the Police Headquarters Career Planning Bureau during the 2003-2006 period and held other posts in the police.
Amid the conflict, certain elements in the society filed reports about the alleged wrongdoings of four KPK commissioners, including Bambang Widjojanto, to the police.
However, the only KPK commissioner who has, so far, been named a suspect by the police is Bambang Widjojanto.(*)
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