Suryadharma Diminta Presiden SBY Ajukan Pengunduran Diri Tertulis
Indonesian Religious Affairs Minister Returns His Mandate to President Yudhoyono
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Setelah ditetapkan Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) sebagai tersangka dugaan korupsi dana haji, Suryadharma Ali mengembalikan mandat sebagai Menteri Agama kepada Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Menanggapi hal itu, Presiden Yudhoyono meminta Suryadharma mengajukan surat pengunduran diri dalam beberapa hari ke depan.
Menurut Menteri Sekretaris Negara Sudi Silalahi dalam keterangan resmi di Istana Bogor pada Senin (26/5), pengunduran diri secara tertulis itu akan menjadi pertimbangan Presiden dalam mengambil keputusan.
Hari ini Suryadharma menemui Presiden di Istana Bogor untuk melaporkan atas penetapan dirinya sebagai tersangka dalam kasus dana haji tahun 2012-2013. Kepada Presiden, Suryadharma merasa tidak bersalah, apalagi kinerja Kementerian Agama menunjukkan perbaikan dalam pelayanan ibadah haji.
Presiden berharap peristiwa yang membelit Suryaharma tidak mengganggu kinerja pelayanan haji pada tahun ini. Kepada Suryadharma, Presiden berpesan status tersangka bukanlah akhir dari segala-galanya dan meminta untuk mempersiapkan diri sebaik-baiknya dalam menghadapi kasus hukum itu.
"Kami menghormati asas praduga tak bersalah," kata Sudi meniru ucapan Presiden seperti dilansir presidenri.go.id.
Suryadharma bertemu dengan Presiden Yudhoyono pada Senin siang di Istana Bogor. Dalam pertemuan itu juga hadir Wakil Presiden Boediono, Menteri Koordinator Kesejahteraan Rakyat Agung Laksono dan Sudi Silalahi.
Jakarta (B2B) - Suryadharma Ali returned his mandate as Indonesian Religious Affairs Minister to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Monday who in turn asked him to write a resignation letter in the next few days.
"Suryadharma Ali has returned the mandate as religious affairs minister to the President," Minister/State secretary Sudi Silalahi said in a press conference following a meeting between the President and Suryadharma Ali (SDA) at the Bogor Presidential Palace.
The religious affairs minister has been named suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in connection with his alleged involvement in a corruption case related to hajj pilgrimage program.
Sudi said Suryadharma Ali met with the President that day to report his naming as a suspect by KPK.
He said Suryadharma Ali felt he was not guilty and reported that the performance of his ministry in the hajj pilgrimage service had been improving from year to year.
President Yudhoyono on the occasion said he hoped the case of SDA would not disrupt this years hajj pilgrimage service.
He also told SDA that the KPKs decision was not the end of the world and advised him to prepare well to deal with his legal case.
"We respect the principle of presumption of innocence," the President has said, according to Sudi.
SDA arrived at the palace at around 11.45am and met with the President who was accompanied by vice president Boediono, coordinating minister for peoples welfare Agung Laksono and Sudi Silalahi.
SDA would be the second minister to resign from the current cabinet after Andi Mallarangeng, the sports minister, in December, 2012, over alleged involvement in corruption.
