Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives' Ethic Council has finally dismissed three lawmakers found guilty of various corruption crimes.

Izzul Islam from the United Development Party (PPP), As'ad Syam from Democratic Party and Mukhamad Misbakhun from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) were dismissed on Tuesday.

"Those three are just some of them. But there are 10 or more lawmakers whose fates have yet to been decided" said Nudirman Munir, the deputy chairman of the ethics council.

Izzul was charged with diploma forgery, As'ad was convicted in a corruption case, and Misbakhun is guilty of falsifying documents while serving as a commissioner for PT Selalang Prima Internasional in order to obtain a line of credit from Bank Century.

Dudhie Makmun Murod, former the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker who was given two-year prison time for receiving bribery money during the 2004 Bank Indonesia election, had submitted his resignation letter last week following instruction from his party.

Meanwhile, the council has started investigating Muhammad Nazaruddin and Angelina Sondakh, two members of the Democratic Party allegedly implicated in a corruption scheme over the Sea Games bribery scandal.

Nudirman said that the Council will start calling witnesses and it will take action on all the ethic violations, while the legal status would be given to the hands of the law enforcement.