jakarta indonesia speaker parliament arrest last week allege role 170 million graft case send letter cell house leaders plead allow keep job fight charge setya novanto deny wrongdoing hold 20 days question indonesia corruption eradication commission kpk make request letter handwritten hold cell release media late tuesday kpk investigate state losses 170 million allegations sum range 5,000 5.5 million generate mark procurement cost national electronic id card divide among politicians parliament ask parliament leaders give opportunity prove involve novanto write meantime organize ethics council plenary session possibility make non-active either parliament speaker member parliament novanto also chairman golkar indonesia second-largest party partner rule coalition one senior politicians detain kpk popular among indonesians target members establishment suspect abuse power battle graft agency grip indonesia newspapers splash story front page memes mock circulate social media cling power several previous corruption case repeatedly miss summons question agency recent months say need heart surgery novanto name suspect nov. 10 use controversial legal maneuver get early charge drop last month another letter address golkar novanto say discussion temporarily permanently stop chairman golkar letter nominate idrus marham serve act chairman party novanto lawyer fredrich yunadi tell reuters parliament party officials decide keep post confident client would win case strong proof every court always win yunadi say ask concern strength evidence novanto kpk spokesman febri diansyah say begin kpk strong evidence two people put trial already case find guilty even appeal stage arrest indonesian parliament speaker plead keep job