Lawsuit against DPR Building Project Rejected

Rancangan gedung baru DPR yang bernilai Rp1,1 triliun
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VIVAnews - The lawsuit demanding the cancellation of new DPR (House of Representatives) building filed by the People's Coalition for the State Budget Welfare at the Central Jakarta District Court was put down by a panel of judges.

"The judges said they did not pass the lawsuit for two reasons," Fitra Coordinator of Advocacy and Investigation, Uchok Sky Khadafi told VIVAnews on Thursday.

First off, said Ucok, the judges pointed out the plaintiffs for not submitting preliminary confirmation to the House. Secondly, the judges believed the object of the case was no longer available. "Given those two reasons, we rejected the lawsuit. The verdict was read out on Monday, August 1, 2011," he said.

However, the coalition stated it will appeal against the verdict. According to them, the object of case being sued is not the physical state of the building, but rather the budget allocated to project. "The budget's still there. It should be understood, the object is not the building, but rather the budget," he said.

"We appeal against the decision. We have put forward the notice of appeal after we amended our lawsuit."

According to Ucok, the building budget has yet to be used. "No allocation has been made yet," said Ucok.

Earlier, the coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) filed a civil lawsuit against the House of Representatives as regards the new building project. They argued that the Rp1.1 trillion worth project is against the law and put the nation into loss.

The coalition comprises the Indonesian Human Rights Committee for Social Justice (IHCS), Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency, the Association of Pesantren and Community Development and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Initiative and Research Institute and Resources Development.

The building was earlier designed to have 36 floors, then revised to 26 floors, worth Rp777 billion, lower than the previous estimate of Rp1.1 trillion.

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28 Maret 2024