Rizal Djalil, a former National Mandate Party (PAN) lawmaker, was elected new Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) chairman on Tuesday, replacing Hadi Poernomo who was named a graft suspect in a high profile tax fraud case.
“Rizal Djalil was elected democratically. The deputy chairman position is still held by Hasan Bisri. No vote counting was conducted because all meeting participants agreed on his election unanimously,” BPK secretary-general Hendar Ristriawan said after a four-hour session, as quoted by Antara news agency.
The BPK has nine commissioners but only seven attended the meeting. Beside Hadi, who officially retired on Monday, Ali Masykur Musa was also absent because he was in Saudi Arabia on a minor haj pilgrimage, Hendar said.
According to the 2006 BPK Law, the next step will be to ask President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to inaugurate Rizal as the new BPK chairman before he can be sworn in by the Supreme Court.
Rizal, who left the House of Representatives in 2009 after being elected as a BPK commissioner, will serve in his top BPK job until October 2014.
Hendar said the BPK secretariat had sent an official letter to the House, asking the legislative body to elect a new BPK commissioner to fill the vacant post left by Hadi.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named Hadi a graft suspect hours after he had held a modest farewell event at BPK headquarters, which was also organized to celebrate his 67th birthday on Monday.
Hadi was alleged to have been responsible for a decision he made during his tenure as Finance Ministry director general of taxation between 2002 and 2004 to approve a request from Bank Central Asia (BCA), now the nation’s third-biggest lender, for corporate tax leniency.
Rizal served as a lawmaker at the House between 1999 and 2004. The 58-year-old politician holds a doctoral degree from Bandung-based Padjadjaran University.
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