ICW to report Education Minister to President

Antara News, Thursday, July 1, 2010 18:36 WIB

Purwokerto, C Java (ANTARA News) - Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) will report National Education Minister Muhammad Nuh to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono fallowing mismanagement of "Block Grant" funds for the pioneering of international standard schools.

"In the near future we will report the national education minister to President Yudhoyono," ICW senior observer Febri Hendri said here on Thursday.

According to him, ICW has sent a letter to the minister and asked for financial report about the "Block Grant" funds management for the pioneering of 1,172 international standard schools across the country.

Febri said ICW has asked the education minister to deliver the financial report 10 days after receiving the letter from ICW but the 10 days had past and the minister did not give the report.

"The ten days have past but the education minister did not give us the financial report, so we are going to report him to President Yudhoyono soon," Febri said.

He added that the financial report on the pioneering of international standard schools and was part of public information and therefore it should be opened transparently to the public based on Law No.14/2008 about public information transparency.