Duta Besar AS Pamitan pada Ketua KPK
US Ambassador Says Farewell to KPK Chairman
Reporter : Rusdi Kamal
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Duta Besar Amerika Serikat untuk Indonesia, Scot Marciel berpamitan kepada Ketua Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi Indonesia (KPK) karena masa jabatannya di Indonesia telah berakhir.
"Saya akan meninggalkan Indonesia, karena saya telah menyelesaikan pekerjaan saya di sini. Saya datang hanya untuk mengucapkan salam perpisahan," kata Marciel di gedung KPK di Jakarta, Selasa.
Menurut Marciel kunjungannya diterima oleh Ketua KPK Abraham Samad, Wakil Ketua KPK Bambang Widjojanto, dan Zulkarnain, dan Sekjen KPK, Anies Said Basalamah.
"Jadi, dalam pertemuan itu saya hanya mengucapkan selamat tinggal. Saya telah mengatakan berulang kali bahwa perjuangan untuk melawan korupsi sangat penting agar demokrasi di Indonesia sukses," ungkap Marciel.
Marciel berencana kembali ke Washington DC pekan ini setelah melakukan tugasnya di Indonesia sejak Agustus 2010.
Dia sebelumnya menjabat Utusan AS untuk Urusan ASEAN sebelum diangkat menjadi Duta Besar AS untuk Indonesia.
Jakarta (B2B) - United States Ambassador to Indonesia, Scot Marciel, said farewell to the chairman of the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as his term of office here has come to an end.
"I will leave Indonesia because I have completed my job here. I come just to say goodbye," Marciel said at the KPK building here on Tuesday.
According to Marciel, KPK chairman, Abraham Samad, KPK vice chairpersons, Bambang Widjojanto, and Zulkarnain, and KPK secretary general, Anies Said Basalamah, received his coming then.
"So, in the meeting I only said goodbye. I have said repeatedly that the struggle to fight against corruption is very important in order to make democracy in Indonesia a success," Marciel pointed out.
Marciel has planned to return to Washington DC this week after performing his duty in Indonesia since August 2010.
He was the US envoy for ASEAN affairs before being appointed the US ambassador to Indonesia.
