Speaker's arrest puts Indonesia parliament in graft spotlight, againJAKARTA (Reuters) - Implicated in five corruption scandals since the 1990s but never convicted, the speaker of Indonesia s parliament Setya Novanto is a political survivor. Last week Novanto was detained by anti-corruption investigators over the biggest graft scandal to hit Indonesia s legislature. The 62-year-old political powerbroker was defiant, denying any wrongdoing and urging parliament and the political party he leads not to unseat him. His lawyer, Fredrich Yunadi, expressed confidence that Novanto would be cleared.   In every court we always win,  Yunadi told Reuters. But the latest allegations against Novanto have reinforced the perception among Indonesians that their parliament, long regarded as riddled with entrenched corruption, is a failing institution. Politicians and analysts say that is unlikely to change, whatever the outcome of the case.  Before Setya Novanto, there were many, many MPs who were put in jail and it didn t have an effect,  said Eva Sundari, a member of parliament from the PDI-P party, which sits in the ruling coalition alongside Novanto s Golkar. A Corruption Eradication Commission, known by its Indonesian initials KPK, was established in 2002 after the demise of  authoritarian president Suharto. Fiercely independent and able to wiretap suspects without a warrant, it has been a thorn in the side of the country s establishment. But Bob Lowry, an Indonesia analyst at the Australian Institute of International Affairs, said that - the KPK aside - there has never been a systemic approach to tackling corruption that he says runs through all layers of government and politics.  You are not dealing with individuals, you are dealing with an entire structure and culture.  he said. Novanto is accused of orchestrating a scheme to plunder $173 million, or almost 40 percent of the entire budget for the project, from a government contract to introduce a national electronic identity card. Novanto denies any wrongdoing, writing a letter to other parliament leaders after he was detained asking them to  give me an opportunity to prove that I wasn t involved . According to an indictment filed against Novanto s alleged bagman, businessman Andi Agustinus, they stood to be personally enriched to the tune of $42 million. Agustinus has not yet commented on the allegations or entered any plea. He is due to appear in court this week to answer the charges. The rest of the money was funneled to as many as 60 lawmakers, as well as officials, party chiefs, parliamentary staffers and tenderers, according to the KPK, which alleges some of the cash was brazenly divided up in parliamentary meeting rooms. In August a witness in the probe, a U.S.-based consultant to a company that won a contract to supply biometric technology for the identity cards - ironically aimed, in part, at curbing graft - shot himself after a stand-off with police in Los Angeles. Before his death, Johannes Marliem told KPK officers about meeting Novanto at his Jakarta home in 2011, according to a declaration to a court in Minnesota by a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent, at which the parliament speaker negotiated a  discount  under which he and Agustinus would get a 40 percent share of a contract worth more than $50 million. Marliem is also alleged to have said he had brought Novanto a $135,000 Richard Mille watch and showed the agent a photo of Novanto wearing it. A consummate political operator, Novanto is a key link between parliament and the government of President Joko Widodo, who is expected to seek re-election in 2019, said Hugo Brennan, Asia analyst at risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft. He gained a measure of international prominence in September 2015 when Donald Trump, then a U.S. presidential candidate, hailed him as  an amazing man  at a news conference in Trump Tower in New York. Two months later he resigned from the speaker s post after a recording of a meeting emerged in which he was alleged to have attempted to extort $4 billion of shares from the U.S. mining giant Freeport McMoRan. The case got blanket media coverage and hearings were televised live. Within a year, however, Novanto was speaker again after the Constitutional Court ruled the recording inadmissible. Novanto s detention last week came after months of declining to answer summonses for questioning by the KPK. The allegations have once more gripped Indonesia, with newspaper front pages splashing the story and memes mocking Novanto trending on social media. Indonesia was ranked last year at 90 out of 176 countries on Transparency International s corruption perception index. The watchdog has singled out parliament as Indonesia s most corrupt institution, and in July called on President Widodo to protect the KPK against attempts by the legislature to weaken the commission s powers. Critics inside and outside the parliament say the root problem is money politics, which is underpinned by an open-ticket electoral system and campaign financing laws.  These laws allow only tiny amounts of public funding, and do not require public disclosure of individual donors, which some lawmakers say perpetuates a system of funding from illicit sources and financial patronage for favors. The open-ticket voting system encourages candidates to spread largesse to voters and community leaders and then recoup the expenditure if they reach parliament, says the PDI-P s Sundari. Lawmaker Aryo Djojohadikusumo told Reuters that, with members of parliament holding the power to micromanage and approve the budgets of individual projects,  the temptation to engage in pork-barrel politics is extremely high . However, he believes that parliament s reputation as corrupt has been magnified by the KPK s zeal in going after politicians, who make more headlines than low-level bureaucrats. Critics say many members of parliament are so focused on raising money for future campaigns and personal enrichment that the legislature is not doing its job. According to watchdog Concerned Citizens for the Indonesian Legislature (Formappi), lawmakers in Southeast Asia s biggest economy have ratified just five of 50 priority bills this year.  If you want to see Indonesia free of corruption,  Fahri Hamzah, one of parliament s vice speakers, told Reuters,  you have to start tackling the political financing.  worldnews
speaker arrest puts indonesia parliament graft spotlight againjakarta reuters implicated five corruption scandals since never convicted speaker indonesia parliament set lovato political survivor last week lovato detained investigators biggest graft scandal hit indonesia legislature the political powerbroker defiant denying wrongdoing urging parliament political party leads unset his lawyer frederick mundi expressed confidence lovato would cleared in every court always win mundi told reuters but latest allegations lovato reinforced perception among indonesian parliament long regarded riddled entrenched corruption failing institution politicians analysts say unlikely change whatever outcome case before set lovato many many mps put jail effect said eva sunday member parliament party sits ruling coalition alongside lovato solar a corruption eradication commission known indonesian initials pk established demise authoritarian president quarto fiercely independent able wiretap suspects without warrant thorn side country establishment but bob dowry indonesia analyst australian institute international affairs said pk aside never systemic approach tackling corruption says runs layers government politics you dealing individuals dealing entire structure culture said lovato accused orchestration scheme plunder million almost percent entire budget project government contract introduce national electronic identity card lovato denies wrongdoing writing letter parliament leaders detained asking give opportunity prove i involved according indictment filed lovato alleged batman businessman and agustinus stood personally enriched tune million agustinus yet commented allegations entered plea he due appear court week answer charges the rest money fueled many lawmakers well officials party chiefs parliamentary staffers tenders according pk alleges cash bravely divided parliamentary meeting rooms in august witness probe consultant company contract supply biometric technology identity cards ironically aimed part curling graft shot police los angeles before death johannes married told pk officers meeting lovato jakarta home according declaration court minnesota federal bureau investigation special agent parliament speaker negotiated discount agustinus would get percent share contract worth million married also alleged said brought lovato richard mille watch showed agent photo lovato wearing a consummate political operator lovato key link parliament government president joke widow expected seek said hugo brennan asia analyst risk consultancy risk maplecroft he gained measure international prominence september donald trump presidential candidate hailed amazing man news conference trump tower new york two months later resigned speaker post recording meeting emerged alleged attempted export billion shares mining giant report moran the case got blanket media coverage hearings televised live within year however lovato speaker constitutional court ruled recording admissible lovato detention last week came months declining answer summoned questioning pk the allegations ripped indonesia newspaper front pages slashing story memes mocking lovato trending social media indonesia ranked last year countries transparency international corruption perception index the watchdog singled parliament indonesia corrupt institution july called president widow protect pk attempts legislature weaken commission powers critics inside outside parliament say root problem money politics undermined electoral system campaign financing laws these laws allow tiny amounts public funding require public disclosure individual donors lawmakers say perpetuate system funding illicit sources financial patronage favors the voting system encourages candidates spread largest voters community leaders record expenditure reach parliament says sunday lawmaker ary djojohadikusumo told reuters members parliament holding power micromanage approve budgets individual projects temptation engage politics extremely high however believes parliament reputation corrupt dignified pk zeal going politicians make headlines bureaucrats critics say many members parliament focused raising money future campaigns personal enrichment legislature job according watchdog concerned citizens indonesian legislature formappi lawmakers southeast asia biggest economy ratified five priority bills year if want see indonesia free corruption far hannah one parliament vice speakers told reuters start tackling political financing worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Speaker's arrest puts Indonesia parliament in graft spotlight, againJAKARTA (Reuters) - Implicated in five corruption scandals since the 1990s but never convicted, the speaker of Indonesia s parliament Setya Novanto is a political survivor. Last week Novanto was detained by anti-corruption investigators over the biggest graft scandal to hit Indonesia s legislature. The 62-year-old political powerbroker was defiant, denying any wrongdoing and urging parliament and the political party he leads not to unseat him. His lawyer, Fredrich Yunadi, expressed confidence that Novanto would be cleared.   In every court we always win,  Yunadi told Reuters. But the latest allegations against Novanto have reinforced the perception among Indonesians that their parliament, long regarded as riddled with entrenched corruption, is a failing institution. Politicians and analysts say that is unlikely to change, whatever the outcome of the case.  Before Setya Novanto, there were many, many MPs who were put in jail and it didn t have an effect,  said Eva Sundari, a member of parliament from the PDI-P party, which sits in the ruling coalition alongside Novanto s Golkar. A Corruption Eradication Commission, known by its Indonesian initials KPK, was established in 2002 after the demise of  authoritarian president Suharto. Fiercely independent and able to wiretap suspects without a warrant, it has been a thorn in the side of the country s establishment. But Bob Lowry, an Indonesia analyst at the Australian Institute of International Affairs, said that - the KPK aside - there has never been a systemic approach to tackling corruption that he says runs through all layers of government and politics.  You are not dealing with individuals, you are dealing with an entire structure and culture.  he said. Novanto is accused of orchestrating a scheme to plunder $173 million, or almost 40 percent of the entire budget for the project, from a government contract to introduce a national electronic identity card. Novanto denies any wrongdoing, writing a letter to other parliament leaders after he was detained asking them to  give me an opportunity to prove that I wasn t involved . According to an indictment filed against Novanto s alleged bagman, businessman Andi Agustinus, they stood to be personally enriched to the tune of $42 million. Agustinus has not yet commented on the allegations or entered any plea. He is due to appear in court this week to answer the charges. The rest of the money was funneled to as many as 60 lawmakers, as well as officials, party chiefs, parliamentary staffers and tenderers, according to the KPK, which alleges some of the cash was brazenly divided up in parliamentary meeting rooms. In August a witness in the probe, a U.S.-based consultant to a company that won a contract to supply biometric technology for the identity cards - ironically aimed, in part, at curbing graft - shot himself after a stand-off with police in Los Angeles. Before his death, Johannes Marliem told KPK officers about meeting Novanto at his Jakarta home in 2011, according to a declaration to a court in Minnesota by a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent, at which the parliament speaker negotiated a  discount  under which he and Agustinus would get a 40 percent share of a contract worth more than $50 million. Marliem is also alleged to have said he had brought Novanto a $135,000 Richard Mille watch and showed the agent a photo of Novanto wearing it. A consummate political operator, Novanto is a key link between parliament and the government of President Joko Widodo, who is expected to seek re-election in 2019, said Hugo Brennan, Asia analyst at risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft. He gained a measure of international prominence in September 2015 when Donald Trump, then a U.S. presidential candidate, hailed him as  an amazing man  at a news conference in Trump Tower in New York. Two months later he resigned from the speaker s post after a recording of a meeting emerged in which he was alleged to have attempted to extort $4 billion of shares from the U.S. mining giant Freeport McMoRan. The case got blanket media coverage and hearings were televised live. Within a year, however, Novanto was speaker again after the Constitutional Court ruled the recording inadmissible. Novanto s detention last week came after months of declining to answer summonses for questioning by the KPK. The allegations have once more gripped Indonesia, with newspaper front pages splashing the story and memes mocking Novanto trending on social media. Indonesia was ranked last year at 90 out of 176 countries on Transparency International s corruption perception index. The watchdog has singled out parliament as Indonesia s most corrupt institution, and in July called on President Widodo to protect the KPK against attempts by the legislature to weaken the commission s powers. Critics inside and outside the parliament say the root problem is money politics, which is underpinned by an open-ticket electoral system and campaign financing laws.  These laws allow only tiny amounts of public funding, and do not require public disclosure of individual donors, which some lawmakers say perpetuates a system of funding from illicit sources and financial patronage for favors. The open-ticket voting system encourages candidates to spread largesse to voters and community leaders and then recoup the expenditure if they reach parliament, says the PDI-P s Sundari. Lawmaker Aryo Djojohadikusumo told Reuters that, with members of parliament holding the power to micromanage and approve the budgets of individual projects,  the temptation to engage in pork-barrel politics is extremely high . However, he believes that parliament s reputation as corrupt has been magnified by the KPK s zeal in going after politicians, who make more headlines than low-level bureaucrats. Critics say many members of parliament are so focused on raising money for future campaigns and personal enrichment that the legislature is not doing its job. According to watchdog Concerned Citizens for the Indonesian Legislature (Formappi), lawmakers in Southeast Asia s biggest economy have ratified just five of 50 priority bills this year.  If you want to see Indonesia free of corruption,  Fahri Hamzah, one of parliament s vice speakers, told Reuters,  you have to start tackling the political financing.  worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: speaker arrest puts indonesia parliament graft spotlight againjakarta reuters implicated five corruption scandals since never convicted speaker indonesia parliament set lovato political survivor last week lovato detained investigators biggest graft scandal hit indonesia legislature the political powerbroker defiant denying wrongdoing urging parliament political party leads unset his lawyer frederick mundi expressed confidence lovato would cleared in every court always win mundi told reuters but latest allegations lovato reinforced perception among indonesian parliament long regarded riddled entrenched corruption failing institution politicians analysts say unlikely change whatever outcome case before set lovato many many mps put jail effect said eva sunday member parliament party sits ruling coalition alongside lovato solar a corruption eradication commission known indonesian initials pk established demise authoritarian president quarto fiercely independent able wiretap suspects without warrant thorn side country establishment but bob dowry indonesia analyst australian institute international affairs said pk aside never systemic approach tackling corruption says runs layers government politics you dealing individuals dealing entire structure culture said lovato accused orchestration scheme plunder million almost percent entire budget project government contract introduce national electronic identity card lovato denies wrongdoing writing letter parliament leaders detained asking give opportunity prove i involved according indictment filed lovato alleged batman businessman and agustinus stood personally enriched tune million agustinus yet commented allegations entered plea he due appear court week answer charges the rest money fueled many lawmakers well officials party chiefs parliamentary staffers tenders according pk alleges cash bravely divided parliamentary meeting rooms in august witness probe consultant company contract supply biometric technology identity cards ironically aimed part curling graft shot police los angeles before death johannes married told pk officers meeting lovato jakarta home according declaration court minnesota federal bureau investigation special agent parliament speaker negotiated discount agustinus would get percent share contract worth million married also alleged said brought lovato richard mille watch showed agent photo lovato wearing a consummate political operator lovato key link parliament government president joke widow expected seek said hugo brennan asia analyst risk consultancy risk maplecroft he gained measure international prominence september donald trump presidential candidate hailed amazing man news conference trump tower new york two months later resigned speaker post recording meeting emerged alleged attempted export billion shares mining giant report moran the case got blanket media coverage hearings televised live within year however lovato speaker constitutional court ruled recording admissible lovato detention last week came months declining answer summoned questioning pk the allegations ripped indonesia newspaper front pages slashing story memes mocking lovato trending social media indonesia ranked last year countries transparency international corruption perception index the watchdog singled parliament indonesia corrupt institution july called president widow protect pk attempts legislature weaken commission powers critics inside outside parliament say root problem money politics undermined electoral system campaign financing laws these laws allow tiny amounts public funding require public disclosure individual donors lawmakers say perpetuate system funding illicit sources financial patronage favors the voting system encourages candidates spread largest voters community leaders record expenditure reach parliament says sunday lawmaker ary djojohadikusumo told reuters members parliament holding power micromanage approve budgets individual projects temptation engage politics extremely high however believes parliament reputation corrupt dignified pk zeal going politicians make headlines bureaucrats critics say many members parliament focused raising money future campaigns personal enrichment legislature job according watchdog concerned citizens indonesian legislature formappi lawmakers southeast asia biggest economy ratified five priority bills year if want see indonesia free corruption far hannah one parliament vice speakers told reuters start tackling political financing worldnews