Ahok stated that evidence showed figures deviating from the General Budget Policy for Provisional Budget Ceiling Priority (KUA PPAS).
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama visited the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office here on Friday to report the involvement of alleged graft in the regional budget of the city for 2015.

"We wish to report our findings in the Jakarta regional budget 2015," he said at the KPK building, adding that he had also brought documents as evidence.

"We brought all documents as proof," he added.

Purnama stated that evidence showed figures deviating from the General Budget Policy for Provisional Budget Ceiling Priority (KUA PPAS).

"The documents we brought are those that were signed by all legislative assembly members. We found that they violated the KUA PPAS that we signed. This proof is very clear. So let the KPK investigate them," he remarked.

Acting KPK commissioner Johan Budi had earlier asked Ahok, as the governor is also known, to report the alleged case of corruption in the regional budget to the anti-graft body if he wished to.

"Go ahead, Pak (Mr) Ahok, if you want to report it to the KPK. We will certainly follow it up after we study it to find criminal elements of corruption," Budi had affirmed.

The governor had pointed out that he had found "mystery" allocations worth Rp12.1 trillion after the approved draft regional budget was sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

After the draft budget was approved on January 27 by the legislative assembly (DPRD), it was found that the DPRD had later deliberated over the draft budget again and produced a new one, which led to the finding of a "mystery" allocation worth Rp12.1 trillion.

The new budget was allocated to buy uninterruptible power supply units.

Purnama rejected the new budget and sent the version that had been proposed by the city administration to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The DPRD rejected his move of sending the draft budget, which was not a result of their latest deliberation, and decided to use their right to investigate to find that he had violated the law. (*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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