Caleg Berijazah Palsu Dilapor ke Polda Aceh

Banda Aceh - Forum Anti-Korupsi dan Transparansi Anggaran (FAKTA) kembali melakukan pelaporan hukum terkait dugaan penggunaan ijazah palsu dan atau dokumen yang diragukan ke-absahannya yang diduga dilakukan oknum Caleg terpilih pada Pemilu Legislatif lalu ke Kepolisian Daerah Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.

Demikian disampaikan Koordinator Badan Pekerja FAKTA Indra P Keumala kepada para wartawan. “Kami melaporkan dua oknum dengan inisial FP dan MJH yang masing-masingnya pada Pemilu April lalu terpilih sebagai anggota DPRK Aceh Singkil dan DPRK Aceh Barat Daya,” ujar Indra, Kamis (13/8) di Banda Aceh.

Dikatakannya, laporan dugaan ijazah palsu yang disampaikan pihaknya ke Polda NAD adalah bentuk upaya mendorong tatanan pemerintahan terutama untuk membersihkan parlemen sebagai lembaga perwakilan rakyat agar menjadi lembaga yang bersih dan bertanggungjawab. Selain itu, jelas Indra, langkah ini dirasa penting dilakukan mengingat saat ini KIP Aceh sedang dalam tahap melakukan pelengkapan berkas administrasi dalam rangka pengangkatan dan pelantikan DPRA dan DPRK hasil Pemilu 2009. “Untuk itu diharapkan agar Polda NAD dapat segera bekerja maksimal menuntaskan indikasi pemalsuan tersebut dan mendesak KIP Aceh sementara waktu mempertimbangkan penundaan pelengkapan administrasi kedua Caleg terpilih yang dilaporkan itu,” pungkas Indra.

Indra mengatakan, dalam laporan tersebut pihaknya juga melampirkan salinan ijazah dan salinan dokumen lainnya yang diduga digunakan kedua oknum Caleg PKPI dan PAN itu sebagai kelengkapan administrasi pencalonan diri mereka sebagai Caleg. Dalam laporan tersebut, kata Indra lagi, pihaknya turut menyisipkan analisa dan kronologi berdasar bukti-bukti salinan dokumen sebagai masukan yang mudah-mudahan dapat digunakan membantu proses penyidikan yang nantinya dilakukan Polisi.

Indra menjelaskan, beberapa kejanggalan yang ditemukan pihaknya sebagaimana telah dilaporkan ke pihak Penyidik itu antara lain, pertama untuk oknum FP, Caleg Terpilih PKPI untuk Pemilihan DPRK Aceh Singkil Periode 2009-2014 yang saat ini berstatus sebagai anggota DPRK Aceh Singkil berdasarkan fakta-fakta investigasi dan riset dokumen yang dilakukan Tim Investigasi FAKTA ternyata diketahui tidak memiliki ijazah SD. Oknum tersebut hanya memiliki surat keterangan (SK) yang dikeluarkan oleh Kepala SDN Rantau Gedang yang menyatakan bahwa oknum bersangkutan pernah bersekolah dan menamatkan pendidikan pada SD tersebut, itupun keterangan yang dibuat hanya didasarkan atas pengakuan seseorang. “Artinya SK tersebut patut diragukan kebenarannya dan berbekal SK itulah diduga FP lolos menjadi Caleg, baik pada Pemilu 2004 maupun pada Pemilu 2009 lalu,” jelas Indra

Selanjutnya, ungkap Indra lagi, untuk oknum MJH kecurigaan muncul setelah Tim FAKTA mendapatkan salinan dokumen Ijazah yang digunakan oknum Caleg PAN itu dimana secara fisik gaya penulisan dan corak ijazah yang digunakan berbeda dengan lazimnya penulisan dan corak sebuah ijazah. Selain itu, lanjut Indra, pada salinan dokumen Ijazah Madrasah TSanawiyah (MTS) Pondok Pesantren Darul Amilin Aceh Selatan bernomor 089/ MTS/ DA/ LH/ AS/ 1985 atas nama oknum Caleg tersebut ditandatangani oleh Tgk Mahdi Alghany dan dikeluarkan pada 15 Juli 1985 padahal berdasarkan salinan dokumen lainnya yang berhasil dihimpun Tim FAKTA diperoleh keterangan bahwa Pimpinan Pesantren lahir pada 1 Januari 1970. “Artinya pada saat menandatangani Ijazah tersebut dan menjabat sebagai Pimpinan Pondok Pesantren itu Tgk Mahdi Alghani baru berusia sekitar 15 tahun. Hal ini jelas sebuah ketidakwajaran dan sama sekali tidak dapat diterima akal sehat,” tegas Indra serius.[rel/003]


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What Does Good Governance Mean to You?

At a press conference in Nairobi, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who began a seven country trip to Africa in Kenya, had the following to say about economic progress and a government’s responsibility to its citizens:

“True economic progress in Africa will depend on responsible governments that reject corruption, enforce the rule of law and deliver results for their people. This is not just about good governance - it’s also about good business.”

When asked on our Facebook poll, 57% of respondents said good governance was the most important issue to them among the many issues Secretary Clinton is set to address in Africa (other options included opportunity, energy/environment, food security/hunger, and gender-based violence).


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Clinton Pays Tribute at Embassy Bombing Memorial

Nairobi, Kenya — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton began her last day in Nairobi at Memorial Park, paying tribute to the 218 people who were killed in the August 7, 1998, bombing of the U.S. Embassy and the more than 4,000 people who were injured.

Clinton also spent time with the survivors of the blast — some blinded for life — and with the families of the victims. The terrorist group al-Qaida bombed the U.S. embassies in both Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Dar es Salaam bombing killed nine Tanzanians, one Kenyan and one Somali and injured 85 others.

Clinton told those gathered in Nairobi that for herself and for her delegation, which included members of the U.S. Congress, visiting the memorial offered “an opportunity to renew our resolve, to do all that we can to ensure that these attacks do not take more innocent lives in the future and to renew our commitment to search for peace and reconciliation with all who are willing to turn from the path of violence.”

Clinton pledged that the United States will continue to work with the Kenyan government to ensure that the 218 lives that were taken were not lost in vain. She added that the survivors have taken it upon themselves to work for peace and “stand as a living symbol against those who favor death over life.”

With the downtown noise of Nairobi in the background, Clinton recalled her memory of the tragic event.

“I remember, with my husband [Bill Clinton, who was then president], meeting a lot of the American survivors and their families and the families of those who did not survive. We spent time with each of them. It was so heart-wrenching to hear the stories of loss and pain, and it is heartening to me now to be standing here to see what that loss and pain has been turned into.”

Clinton said terrorism respects no boundaries, no race, ethnicity or religion, but is aimed at disruption and at denying people the opportunity to make their own decisions and live their own lives.

Standing next to Clinton was a young man, Michael Macharia, who at the age of 3 lost both his parents, who were victims of the blast.

Clinton commended the young man, who is being raised by his grandparents, for doing well in school and said she would tell President Obama about him.

At the time of the terrorist blast, the U.S. Embassy was located in congested downtown Nairobi. Memorial Park is now a living monument to the blast’s victims — on the grounds where the U.S. Embassy once stood.

Both Clinton and the Kenyan minister of foreign affairs, Moses Wetangula, signed the guest book and solemnly laid wreaths in front of the memorial, which bears the names of those who died.

Wetangula told those gathered that the bombing was a “cowardly act carried out by enemies of civilization and enemies of peace” who caused enormous damage and loss of life.

“We come here today to remember those who lost their lives, those who were injured in the incident, but more importantly, to make a bold, clear and public statement: that our resolve to fight and resist terrorism in all of its manifestations, whenever and wherever, will not be cowed by such events. Our duty to make the world safe remains our cardinal law.”

He said the United States and Kenya must work together with other nations to ensure that such an attack never happens again.

Before leaving the site, Clinton and the Kenyan foreign minister and the delegation toured the Memorial Park Visitors Center.

Clinton was in Nairobi to attend the Eighth AGOA Forum on the first stop of a seven-nation Africa trip that also will take her to South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Liberia and Cape Verde.


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Obama marks anniversary of Kenya, Tanzania embassy bombings

August 7 marks the eleventh anniversary of the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Hundreds were killed and thousands injured in the bombings linked to al Qaeda.

In a White House statement, President Obama said, “These attacks in East Africa are sad examples of al Qaeda’s determination to kill innocent men, women and children in many countries, regardless of their religion, race, or nationality. The memory of the attacks in Kenya and Tanzania remind us that we must always be vigilant in working with our allies to bring these terrorists to justice; to prevent these types of attacks from happening again; and to advance peace and security for Americans, Kenyans, Tanzanians, and people around the world.”

Secretary Clinton, currently traveling through Africa, spoke at a memorial for these victims. For more, see “Clinton Pays Tribute at Embassy Bombing Memorial.”



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What the papers say

Journalist Fionola Meredith takes a look at what is making the headlines in Tuesday's morning papers.

"Big bonuses? It would be wrong to stop paying them" - that's the headline in the Independent this morning, and they are the words of Bob Diamond, the £50m a year Barclays boss.

As the Times also notes, Barclays is defying new curbs on city bonuses, as it and HSBC revealed a return to bumper profits.

"Scandalous", says the Independent's editorial - "these bankers should really be paying back their bonuses of previous years, not raking in new ones."

Steve Richards, writing in the Independent, warns that "the banks still pull the levers of power", while John Keane, in the Guardian, says that "toothier approaches", not blind trust, are needed to keep financial hubris under control.

There's much mockery in the papers concerning Harriet Harman's claim in a Sunday newspaper,that "men cannot be left to run things on their own", and that one of Labour's two top posts should always be held by a woman.

"Bonkers!" is the Mail's headline. It claims that's the view of one unnamed Labour cabinet colleague.

Now Ms Harman has stepped up her equality agenda by appearing to blame male bankers for the global financial crisis, pursuing the idea that if it had been Lehman Sisters, there might not have quite so much trouble.

But Kira Cochrane, writing in the Guardian, is on Ms Harman's side - she's glad that someone's drawing attention to the dearth of women in power.

Prisoner moved

The Irish News claims that prison bosses have moved a loyalist double killer into isolation because of fears he will be murdered in jail.

The prisoner in question is Steven Leslie Brown, who was convicted in March of the brutal murders of Portadown teenagers Andrew Robb and David McIlwaine.

Apparently Brown was removed to a secure cell in Maghaberry Prison after police told the prison service they had reliable information that an attempt was to be made on his life.

The paper says a prison source has confirmed that Brown will now be detained in isolation indefinitely for his own safety.

A father of six from County Londonderry is identified as the winner of the £4.5m Lotto jackpot in both the Belfast Telegraph and the Mirror.

And finally, the Times bids a fond farewell to Benson, Britain's best loved carp.

The fish was a whopper all right, going by the front page picture in the Times, and she managed to live for 25 years.

During that time, Benson was hooked and returned to her home lake in Cambridgeshire at least 60 times. Today, though, she is sitting in the deep freeze, waiting to be stuffed and wall mounted.

Did all those years of being caught over and over damage Benson? Steve Broad, editor of UK Carp magazine, says no, adding mysteriously "if carp don't want to get hooked, they won't be".

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