Corruption in Indonesia has been so rroting in all over areas. You can easily find a corruption in many places. Corruption not only means loss of state fund, but also graft, bribey, nepotism and many others bad act. In a very simple way, when you dealt with goverment, you have to pay something or do something in order to make your business as clear as highway.
Addressing an international audience on Wednesday, Our president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono admitted that corruption was Indonesia’s biggest challenge, as well as his own.
“Corruption is our biggest challenge, my biggest challenge. I have to be frank on that,” Yudhoyono said in an interview on CNN’s Talk Asia that was broadcast on Wednesday afternoon.
Indonesia has tried to eliminate corruption since the end of Ner Order Era in 1998, including makes a Corruption Eradication Comision. “The results show for themselves. About 150 senior officials have faced the law, and some of them have been convicted and sent to jail. There’s now a big movement in our society against corruption,” But still, corruption become very hard to erase here. Because it's just become a "culture" for Indonesian. We don't know for sure whether that rumour were right or not, but the indication just so vivid.
Yudhoyono added that the practice of collusion between government officials and businesses was no longer as bad as it used to be. “I see that we are headed in the right direction. I expect that Indonesia will need about 15 to 20 years to implement a system that would spur a stronger culture or a climate of fear of corruption,” he continued.
Emerson Yuntho of Indonesia Corruption Watch warned that Transparency International still rated Indonesia quite poorly on its corruption index.
“We have to remember that Indonesia’s corruption index is still alarming because the government has not given maximum support to fight corruption,” Emerson said.
“There is still a chance for [Yudhoyono] to improve the fight against corruption by being firm. If a leader is firm in his attitude toward corruption, then the rest [of the state officials] will follow.”
He also said that from 2004 to 2010, Indonesia’s corruption perception index improved by less than one point, from 1.9 to 2.8 out of the scale of 10.
“If he said we are going to improve within 15 to 20 years, with the current condition, I would highly doubt it,” he said.
Emerson likened Indonesia’s corruption eradication effort to running on the treadmill. “Yes, we are running, but we are going nowhere.”
Renowned lawyer and anticorruption activist Todung Mulya Lubis said that even though he agreed Indonesia had launched the most aggressive corruption eradication campaign under SBY’s leadership, it was still not enough.
“True, there are a lot of arrests, but this does not create enough fear in people to commit the act. Besides, if the aim is to arrest all corruptors, our jails would not be enough,” Todung said.
He urged the president to create a system that tightened the noose on the culture of corruption, ultimately by accelerating bureaucratic reform.
“We’ve heard the term for a long time now, but nothing has really changed. They are not serious, and the reform should be based on transparency and accountability,” he said.
The Rule of Law Index released by the World Justice Project on Monday put Indonesia second to last in the East Asia and Pacific region. It was 47th of the 66 countries listed in the index.
Aside from an underdeveloped civil justice system, courts are also still prone to influence by corruption, the report said.
Police abuses and harsh conditions in correctional facilities are also a significant problem. The power given to them is just swift from the power of National Armed Forces of Indonesia (ABRI). In New Order era, ABRI become so powerful because of their exclusiveness. Now it ABRI just not like the past, but the abuse is swift to Police now.
The index, however, acknowledged the country’s main strengths in freedom of opinion and open government.
Addressing an international audience on Wednesday, Our president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono admitted that corruption was Indonesia’s biggest challenge, as well as his own.
“Corruption is our biggest challenge, my biggest challenge. I have to be frank on that,” Yudhoyono said in an interview on CNN’s Talk Asia that was broadcast on Wednesday afternoon.
Indonesia has tried to eliminate corruption since the end of Ner Order Era in 1998, including makes a Corruption Eradication Comision. “The results show for themselves. About 150 senior officials have faced the law, and some of them have been convicted and sent to jail. There’s now a big movement in our society against corruption,” But still, corruption become very hard to erase here. Because it's just become a "culture" for Indonesian. We don't know for sure whether that rumour were right or not, but the indication just so vivid.
Yudhoyono added that the practice of collusion between government officials and businesses was no longer as bad as it used to be. “I see that we are headed in the right direction. I expect that Indonesia will need about 15 to 20 years to implement a system that would spur a stronger culture or a climate of fear of corruption,” he continued.
Emerson Yuntho of Indonesia Corruption Watch warned that Transparency International still rated Indonesia quite poorly on its corruption index.
“We have to remember that Indonesia’s corruption index is still alarming because the government has not given maximum support to fight corruption,” Emerson said.
“There is still a chance for [Yudhoyono] to improve the fight against corruption by being firm. If a leader is firm in his attitude toward corruption, then the rest [of the state officials] will follow.”
He also said that from 2004 to 2010, Indonesia’s corruption perception index improved by less than one point, from 1.9 to 2.8 out of the scale of 10.
“If he said we are going to improve within 15 to 20 years, with the current condition, I would highly doubt it,” he said.
Emerson likened Indonesia’s corruption eradication effort to running on the treadmill. “Yes, we are running, but we are going nowhere.”
Renowned lawyer and anticorruption activist Todung Mulya Lubis said that even though he agreed Indonesia had launched the most aggressive corruption eradication campaign under SBY’s leadership, it was still not enough.
“True, there are a lot of arrests, but this does not create enough fear in people to commit the act. Besides, if the aim is to arrest all corruptors, our jails would not be enough,” Todung said.
He urged the president to create a system that tightened the noose on the culture of corruption, ultimately by accelerating bureaucratic reform.
“We’ve heard the term for a long time now, but nothing has really changed. They are not serious, and the reform should be based on transparency and accountability,” he said.
The Rule of Law Index released by the World Justice Project on Monday put Indonesia second to last in the East Asia and Pacific region. It was 47th of the 66 countries listed in the index.
Aside from an underdeveloped civil justice system, courts are also still prone to influence by corruption, the report said.
Police abuses and harsh conditions in correctional facilities are also a significant problem. The power given to them is just swift from the power of National Armed Forces of Indonesia (ABRI). In New Order era, ABRI become so powerful because of their exclusiveness. Now it ABRI just not like the past, but the abuse is swift to Police now.
The index, however, acknowledged the country’s main strengths in freedom of opinion and open government.
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