Setya Novanto to Meet Ade Komarudin Following House Ethics Council Decision
Jakarta. Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto, who will soon return as House of Representatives speaker, said he would soon meet with his predecessor Ade Komarudin, who was sacked by the ethics council on Wednesday (30/11).
Only hours before a plenary session to discuss his request to replace Ade as speaker, the ethics council decided to dismiss the latter from the position over ethics violations. However, Novanto maintains that he was not aware of the council's decision.
"I did not know for sure," Novanto told the press before the plenary session.
He added that he would hold an internal faction meeting to discuss the ethics council's decision, as well as summon Ade to discuss the matter.
"I will soon call Mr. Ade to discuss [his dismissal from the speaker's chair]," Novanto said.
The ethics council decided to sack Ade after consideration of two reports related to the transfer of state-owned enterprises' work partners to House Commission XI from Commission VI, as well as the legislative council's report on the draft tobacco law, which the speaker was accused of stalling.
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