Markus Junianto Sihaloho – National Mandate Party (PAN) Lawmaker Waode Nurhayati on Tuesday said she would not publicly apologize to leaders of the House of Representatives for calling them "budget crooks."

Waode said she was willing to privately apologize to House Speaker Marzuki Alie, as he is her senior. "However, if I am asked to apologize on [television show] 'Mata Najwa', I'm going to have to reconsider," Waode said.

During a live interview on Metro TV's "Mata Najwa", Waode claimed she had plenty of evidence that House leaders had tampered with budgets. She accused the finance minister, the heads of the House Budget Committee, and the House leaders of being "budget brokers."

House Speaker Marzuki Alie has reported Waode to House Ethics Council and demanded that the PAN lawmaker publicly apologize on the television. "If she said it before on Mata Najwa, she can at least also apologize there," Alie said on Monday.