VIVAnews - The corruption eradication movement in Indonesia is improving. One of the signs is the decreasing corruption levels of Indonesia.
However, this eradication is still not consistent. For instance, the 2006 corruption perception index of Indonesia was 2.4, and then in 2007 it went down to 2.3. But then in 2008 it went back up to 2.6.
In fact, there are various problems relating to corruption that has started to emerge. For example, the Draft Bill on the Anti Corruption Court is still unfinished, and the revisions of the Law on the Supreme Court, Law on the Judicial Commission, Law on the Constitutional Court, and the jurisdiction of judges, that doesn’t seem to go hand in hand with the Corruption laws.
This is despite Presidential Decree No. 5/2004, which stated that one of the duties of the Department of Justice and Human Rights is to synchronize the all the laws related to the eradication of corruption. But instead, the Draft Bill on Anti Corruption Court removes the provision regarding ad hoc judges.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as head of the government and head of state, should assemble the relevant department and ask them to cooperate in codifying the laws and regulations. But up to today, such commitment is yet to be seen.
This lack of determination is also apparent in other state institutions. Indeed, the steps taken by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to governmental institutions such as the Attorney General’s office and the House of Representatives (DPR) should be a trigger for action.
But in reality, corruption acts keeps on repeating in these institutions. Surely we haven’t forgotten the corruption case against Prosecutor Urip Tri Gunawan, who was arrested by KPK. However, a similar case again happened, involving a prosecutor from the Gorontalo District Attorney’s office, Ratnadi Saptondo, who is allegedly blackmailing the regent of Boalemo, Iwan Bokings. The same thing happens in the House of Representatives (DPR).
KPK has made several arrests of members of the DPR, but it seems that DPR members have not learned their lesson.Corruption eradication efforts must continuously be improved. The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Indonesian Police Headquarters (Mabes Polri), which are institutions that are expected to back KPK in fact faces corruption problems themselves. KPK cannot stand alone in the fight against corruption.
If cases such as that of Prosecutor Urip keep repeating, KPK would have to stand alone because this means that, institutions of law, like the AGO, have not undergone any changes. They have not learned from the Urip case, and have not engaged in internal crackdown.
At the moment people see a lot of cases being handled by KPK. That’s because internally we keep trying to improve. We try to make corruption eradication in Indonesia more efficient, by keeping an eye on several institutions. In every action, we are always a few steps ahead. But we are forced to wait for other institutions. Meanwhile, we have cooperated in bureaucratic reformation of several institutions.
The lack of commitment in eradicating corruption is also apparent from legislative candidates that have been included by political parties for the 2009 general elections. Some of these candidates have been connected to corruption, such as being proven guilty of corruption. They shouldn’t have been included.
* Abdullah Hehamahua is advisor to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). This analysis is based on an interview by VIVAnews reporter Arry Anggadha.
Translated by: Archie Ardian
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