Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Former members of House of Representatives' inquiry team on Bank Century bailout have lambasted the antigraft body for not taking the results of their investigation into the scandal seriously.

Eva Kusuma Sundari, from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), said Wednesday she was baffled by the fact that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders thought the result of the Century inquiry could hardly be used as legal evidence.

"Indeed, the inquiry at the parliament is a political move, not a judicial process. However, the inquiry team's recommendations and conclusions also contain evidence that can be used by the KPK to support its investigation," she said.

Eva was responding to the statements made by two KPK deputy chairmen, Bibit Samad Riyanto and Haryanto Umar, who claimed the inquiry team's conclusions were no more than "additional information".

"The hardest part is to use the information we have received as legal evidence. We need more time to do that," Bibit said on Tuesday.

Haryono echoed Bibit's statement, saying that was the reason why the KPK had not yet named any suspects in the case.

"What do you expect? Our investigation needs months or even more than a year. The investigation into the Century case started only about three months ago," Haryono said.

Eva, however, questioned Haryono's statement. "The KPK previously told me it had started its investigation into the bailout case in June 2009, months before we kicked off the inquiry in December," she said.

Then chairman of the inquiry team, Idrus Marham of the Golkar Party, said he believed documents and other facts collected during the inquiry contained legal facts that would be beneficial to the KPK's investigation.

Andi Rachmat of the Prosperous and Justice Party (PKS) said the KPK should worry about public pressure if the commission fails to satisfy the public. "That's my simple message to the KPK. Consider it," he said.

Eva said she would give the KPK another week before asking the House to take firm political action against the commission. "If the KPK fails to show signifcant development in the investigation by next week, I think we would use our political power to pressure them," she said.

One option the House might take was cutting state budget allocation for the KPK, Eva said. "Allocation for each institution is based on the performance."

In response, KPK spokesman Johan Budi said the inquiry's result was important for their investigation, but stressed that the lawmakers' methods in collecting facts were different from those of investigators. "The inquiry team is political," he said.

One option the House might take was cutting state budget allocation for the KPK.