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I. PROBLEM FORMULATIONa. Summary of Indonesian Efforts Against Corruption
Incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonos re-election offered considerable scope
for further political and economic reforms over his second term.Indeed, with his choice of
former central bank governor Boediono as vice president and the renomination of respected
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, it is expected that Yudhoyono names a technocratic
new cabinet. This is well promising for policy continuation and more efforts are foreseento
clamp down oncorruption and enactmore pro-business reforms.
In efforts of fighting corruption, Indonesia is stopped by the two officials from Corruption
Eradication Commission (KPK) being placed as suspects in a corruption investigation.
Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto, deputy chairmen ofthe KPK, were named suspects
after lengthy questioning. The two suspected officials are accused of misusing authority.
Despite an ongoing anti-corruption drive, Indonesia is still ranked only 126th out of 180 in
Transparency Internationals 2008 corruption perception index (Asia Monitor). The World
Bank estimates thatcorruptioncan add up to 20% to the cost of doing business inIndonesia.
As this process go by, many doubts rise as eventhe party standing onthe side of fighting
corruptioncannot also avoid the risk of doing corruption itself.
b. QuestionsContinuous curiosity rises as there come asking questions toward these problems.
An important question is:
How should corruption practice in Indonesia be handled to endeavor good atmosphere of
business, if eventhe eradicationcommission also is corrupt or make mistakes?
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II. ANALYSISa. Fighting on Corruption
It is knownthatcorruption is more common in places without democratic spirits and do not
conduct governance good.In addition, corruption is usually rampant incountries which pose
no freedom of press; role of government in the economy so large; in place of war and
emergency conditions in which civil servants are paid low quality; lack of private sector roles
and place ofmonopoly; and ifthe rules the economy Ares notclear. According to Klitgaard,
systemic corruption has a correlation with the concentration and monopoly power.
Truthfully speaking, Indonesia is a way out ofthese conditions. But still, its fighting hard on
its bloody journey to establish good, corruption-free governance. Although efforts have
been stepped up to combat graft in recent years, it was revealed that the Corruption
Eradication Commission (KPK) has only looked into 143 out of the 30,000 complaints
received since 2003, raising questions aboutthe agencys effectiveness.
Nonetheless, KPK has beencredited with the arrests of several high profile figures. This is
found out to be general in world practice, since in many countries, anti-corruption
commission could be weakened as police and prosecutors can be weakened. This was
revealed during the two-day conference UNCAC (United Nation Conference on Anti
Corruption) in November 2009 in Qatar, thatthe weakening and the criminalization ofthe
members of the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission is not only happening in
Indonesia. For example in Afghanistan, is an event where anti-corruptionchief was arrested
on drug-related cases. Then the corruption commission of South Korea, KICAC (Korean
Independent Commission Against Corruption) which was formally disbanded and merged
with other state commissions by Lee Myung Bak, President-electknownto be pro-business
sided. And it was the same situation in Nigeria, where Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crime Commission of Nigeria was forced to resign from office by the
Government of Nigeria for his brave paces inuncovering a major corruptioncase. One ofthe
causes of Nuhu Ribadu was forced to resign because of his actions in the fight against
corruption among the famous Nigerian politicians corrupt. One who had been thrownby
Nuhu Ribadu is the former governor of Delta State is knownto havebusiness affair with the
President of Nigeria, Umaru Yar'Adua. So after all, law enforcement agencies and corruption
eradication institutions can also be corrupt or make mistakes, either by person or by force.
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Commission.It should be remembered that in accordance with the mandate of UNCAC, each
participating country mustmaintain and retain an independent anticorruptioncommission.
III. RECOMMENDATION FORTHEBUSINESSSince KPK will continue to play a pivotal role in curbing corruption in the coming years, then
business worlds mustbenefit fromthe merriness of increasing law enforcement efforts. Business
will run smooth, without illegal retribution paid to irresponsible bureaucrative officers. And
government itself will self-free themselves from any badly behaved businessmen who do
businesses dirty-handed. All that is necessary to do, is by letting corruption eradication institution
operate credibly independent, and changing the point of view into becoming more transparent
and opento any kinds of input or constructive criticism.
Generally speaking, Indonesia is politically effective and therefore able to gain the support
necessary to handle domestic problems. Many evidences have proven that Indonesia is an
example of how the governmentcommunicated broadly across the world to gain various types of
supportthat was badly needed.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
South East Asia Monitor. (2009). Indonesia Risk Summary. South East Asia Monitor Volume 2, Nov
2009
Indonesia Business Forecast Report. (2009) Indonesia Executive Summary. Business Monitor
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Indonesia Corruption Watch. (2009). Kesadaran Lawan Korupsi.
http://antikorupsi.org/indo/content/view/15905/1/(accessed December 12, 2009)
Indonesia Corruption Watch. (2009). Tren Global Pelemahan Komisi Antikorupsi Independen.
http://antikorupsi.org/indo/content/view/15799/1/(accessed December 12, 2009)
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