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Jika sekiranya penduduk negeri-negeri beriman dan bertakwa, pastilah Kami akan melimpahkan kepada mereka berkah dari langit dan bumi, tetapi mereka(Ulama2nya) mendustakan (ayat-ayat Kami) itu, maka Kami siksa mereka disebabkan perbuatannya. salam=peace --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, "sunny" <am...@...> wrote: > > > > http://www.smh.com.au/world/indonesia-pays-a-high-price-for-its-corrupt-heart-20100507-ujo2.html > > Indonesia pays a high price for its corrupt heart > May 8, 2010 > Overcoming the culture of graft is a formidable challenge, writes Tom Allard > in Jakarta. > > AS NEWS spread of the shock departure of Indonesia's reform icon and finance > minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, this week, one senior markets trader in > Jakarta gave an almost despairing view of the country's prospects of > overcoming its entrenched culture of corruption. > > ''It's just a massive task,'' he said. ''It like brain surgery. No, it's more > difficult. It's like you have to alter Indonesia's DNA.'' > > The assessment was a touch uncharitable. In everyday interactions, > Indonesians are almost unfailingly honest and gracious. The problem arises > when they join the country's institutions that are beset with corruption. > > From the legislature to the judiciary, and the Tax, Customs and Immigration > departments - graft and bribes are common. > > Those wanting to work in these places will often have to pay up to get an > entry level position and then spend the rest of their careers trying to > recoup their investment, sometimes outlaying more sums as they rise up the > career ladder. > > The going rate to join the Jakarta police force, for example, can amount to > 80-90 million rupiah ($9750 to $11,000), according to Neta Saputra Pane, the > head of Indonesia Police Watch, a non-government group that monitors > corruption. > > ''An Indonesian is a victim of corruption from the day he's born until the > day he dies. When a baby has to be delivered, it is common for Indonesian > families to be told there is not a room available, unless they pay. When > someone dies, they will be told there is no more vacant land to bury the man. > Again, when they pay, suddenly they get a grave for their loved one,'' Pane > says. > > Ordinary Indonesians are fed up with corruption, collusion and nepotism. > Since the President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, asked citizens to send him > text messages outlining instances of graft, he has received more than 3 > million of them. > > Yudhoyono was re-elected in large part because of his reputation for probity > and his vow to attack corruption with vigour. > > But Indrawati's resignation to join the World Bank has highlighted that the > battle is far from won. The feisty technocrat has attempted to take on some > of the most powerful vested interests in Indonesia, chasing down the tax > debts of business tycoons and removing corrupt officials. > > Some of those interests, most notably the business and bureaucratic elites > that make up the Golkar Party, are part of Yudhoyono's ruling coalition. > > The backlash has been intense. Indrawati's enemies accused her of illegality > and corruption in the bail-out of a small financial institution Bank Century > during the 2008 financial crisis . No corruption was proven despite months of > investigation. > > Why she chose to leave is unsure. But, as the analyst Kevin O'Rourke says: > ''Whether she was pushed or disgusted and walked away probably doesn't > matter. It reflects badly on Yudhoyono.'' > > Corruption blossomed under Suharto but arguably got worse after he was > deposed in 1998 and power was decentralised to the regions, creating new > tiers of government. > > Yudhoyono's anti-corruption efforts have followed the established playbook. > There is an independent Corruption Eradication Commission, and a group of > officials in his office are tasked with cleaning up the ''judicial mafia''. > > Under Indrawati, the government targeted the tax office, increasing salaries > and setting up a merit-based promotion and remuneration structure, reasoning > that it would promote honesty and the increased revenue could underpin future > anti-corruption efforts. > > But an extensive syndicate of corrupt tax officials persists, trading rulings > for bribes, often in collusion with law enforcement officials. > > The tax revelations followed the acquittal of a junior officer, Gayus > Tambunan, who had $3 million in his bank accounts. The outrage they garnered > provided a new opportunity to clean out corruption and led to new laws giving > ministers the power to sack civil servants. > > Defeating corruption requires a change in the behavioural equation. That is, > the risks of making or taking a bribe must outweigh the benefits. > > The history of anti-corruption efforts shows that there is no proven path to > success. But there has been one common characteristic for success: strong and > uncompromising leadership. > > Traditional Javanese values, however, put a premium on harmony and > non-confrontation, and Yudhoyono is the personal epitome of these ideals. > > In important respects, these values help him govern an ethnically diverse > nation. But they don't assist in tackling deep-seated corruption. > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
