**Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is due to announce what action he will take on a high-level corruption scandal.**He has already warned Indonesian media it will be “controversial”.
The scandal has pitted the country’s anti-corruption agency against senior law enforcement officials.
An independent inquiry said the police case against two anti-corruption officials accused of extortion and abuse of power should be dropped.
The case caused public outrage when it emerged they could have been framed.
The two men - Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra Hamzah - have been released, but the police and the attorney general’s office have so far refused to drop their case.
Public sympathy has been growing for the anti-corruption agency - known by its acronym KPK - with almost daily protests on the streets of Jakarta urging the president to act decisively.
Corruption promise
Indonesians do not have much faith in many of their institutions, like the police force or the judiciary. But the KPK is one thing many of them do believe in, says the BBC’s Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta.
They see the case against the two KPK men as an outrageous injustice - an attempt by Indonesia’s police to weaken the powerful agency, which has earned itself a reputation for putting corrupt officials behind bars, even those in high places, our correspondent says.
ANALYSIS
Karishma Vaswani, BBC News, JakartaMost Indonesians have had to deal with corruption at some point in their lives, which is why so many in the country have rallied behind the anti-corruption commission.Indonesians want to see the people who they believe have unfairly targeted the KPK punished.
Most people have lost faith in the police force and the judiciary - dubbed the “legal mafia” by the press - but the KPK is one thing many Indonesians do believe in.
President Yudhoyono was re-elected in July because of his promises to root out corruption in this country. How he handles this case will be seen as a test of that commitment.
The alleged conspiracy against the KPK was revealed in wiretaps played in court earlier this month, in which senior officials from the national police and the attorney general’s office discussed plans to undermine the agency.
President Yudhoyono has been under pressure to come up with a solution to this problem, with mounting criticism that he has been slow to act.
He was re-elected in July on his promise to clamp down on corruption. How he handles this case will be seen as a test of that commitment.
On Sunday he summoned journalists to the State Palace to tell them he was seeking an out-of-court settlement to the case against the two KPK officials, Indonesian media reported.
He said he would reveal details of his course of action on Monday.
“It will be controversial, it will have consequences, but it’s a risk that I have to take,” he said.
“I don’t want this disharmony between the KPK, the National Police and the Attorney General Office to be permanent. This has to stop,” he added.