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Op-Ed: Not the Representatives of the Corrupt
Not the Representatives of the Corrupt
By the Kompas Editorial Board
JAKARTA, July 5, 2017. Members of the Indonesian House of Representatives are not the representatives of the corrupt. The supposedly honorable representatives of the people are paid from the people’s money.
The House Committee of Inquiry into Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission plans to go on safari to meet convicted corruption offenders in a number of prisons throughout Indonesia and this has deeply unsettled the sense of justice of citizens — taxpayers. According to the deputy chair of the House inquiry, Representative Risa Mariska, from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, “the committee wants to find information on how they felt about their treatment as witnesses, suspects and convicts of corruption offenses.” Risa is a Representative for the 6th West Java electoral district covering the regencies of Bogor and Bekasi. She received 25,578 votes.
It is very easy to find corruption convicts in prison. They will be overjoyed to tell the inquiry about how the commission behaved when they were questioned, their experience in custody, their belief they were the victims of a conspiracy, their feelings of being entrapped and any amount of other mistreatment.
Being driven by a coalition of parties supporting the government and armed with this data, the inquiry will collect ammunition for dismantling the anti-corruption body. The aim of the House inquiry at the very least can be seen from the statement of House deputy speaker Fahri Hamzah from the Prosperous Justice Party representing West Nusa Tenggara and it is to review government commissions such as the Corruption Eradication Commission. By ‘review,’ he clearly means disbanding the commission, limiting its authority or transforming it into an ad hoc agency.
The real aim of the House inquiry is obvious and it is to undermine the Corruption Eradication Commission. The declaration of some politicians that the inquiry is aimed at strengthening the commission does not have a shred of empirical evidence. From the beginning, some House of Representatives politicians have been uncomfortable with steps taken by the commission to eradicate corruption from the country. There are Representatives on trial as well as party chairs and business people who have been arrested. The commission is certainly not without fault. But the way to fix these mistakes is not to exercise the House’s right to establish inquiries of dubious legitimacy.
Members of the inquiry should realize they are representatives of the people, not representatives of the corrupt. Corrupt behavior by members of the government violates the civil and economic rights of the people. The behavior of constitutional judges who trade in Constitutional Court decisions to enrich themselves is a betrayal of the law. It is the victims of this corrupt behavior that the inquiry should be listening to and not the perpetrators of the corruption.
Unfortunately, President Joko Widodo’s pronouncements have been too weak in defending the commission. President Widodo has said only that he wants to strengthen the commission. However, President Widodo is apparently not able to intervene in the inquiry because it is a constitutional right of the House of Representatives. The fact is the direction taken by the House inquiry can only be seen as intended to delegitimize the Corruption Eradication Commission.
This post is based on “Bukan Perwakilan Koruptor” [Not the Representatives of the Corrupt], Kompas Editorial, July 5, 2017 https://kompas.id/baca/opini/2017/07/05/bukan-perwakilan-koruptor/.
Featured image credit: Paula Bronstein www.paulaphoto.com/. University students protest on top of Indonesia’s capitol building in Jakarta after President Suharto resigned May 21, 1998, “This photographer has spent decades covering war. But she doesn’t focus on the front lines”, Photographs by Paula Bronstein, Story by Tristen Rouse, CNN, September 7, 2024 https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2024/09/world/paula-bronstein-retrospective-cnnphotos/.
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Op-Ed: Not the Representatives of the Corrupt
Not the Representatives of the Corrupt
By the Kompas Editorial Board
JAKARTA, July 5, 2017. Members of the Indonesian House of Representatives are not the representatives of the corrupt. The supposedly honorable representatives of the people are paid from the people’s money.
The House Committee of Inquiry into Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission plans to go on safari to meet convicted corruption offenders in a number of prisons throughout Indonesia and this has deeply unsettled the sense of justice of citizens — taxpayers. According to the deputy chair of the House inquiry, Representative Risa Mariska, from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, “the committee wants to find information on how they felt about their treatment as witnesses, suspects and convicts of corruption offenses.” Risa is a Representative for the 6th West Java electoral district covering the regencies of Bogor and Bekasi. She received 25,578 votes.
It is very easy to find corruption convicts in prison. They will be overjoyed to tell the inquiry about how the commission behaved when they were questioned, their experience in custody, their belief they were the victims of a conspiracy, their feelings of being entrapped and any amount of other mistreatment.
Being driven by a coalition of parties supporting the government and armed with this data, the inquiry will collect ammunition for dismantling the anti-corruption body. The aim of the House inquiry at the very least can be seen from the statement of House deputy speaker Fahri Hamzah from the Prosperous Justice Party representing West Nusa Tenggara and it is to review government commissions such as the Corruption Eradication Commission. By ‘review,’ he clearly means disbanding the commission, limiting its authority or transforming it into an ad hoc agency.
The real aim of the House inquiry is obvious and it is to undermine the Corruption Eradication Commission. The declaration of some politicians that the inquiry is aimed at strengthening the commission does not have a shred of empirical evidence. From the beginning, some House of Representatives politicians have been uncomfortable with steps taken by the commission to eradicate corruption from the country. There are Representatives on trial as well as party chairs and business people who have been arrested. The commission is certainly not without fault. But the way to fix these mistakes is not to exercise the House’s right to establish inquiries of dubious legitimacy.
Members of the inquiry should realize they are representatives of the people, not representatives of the corrupt. Corrupt behavior by members of the government violates the civil and economic rights of the people. The behavior of constitutional judges who trade in Constitutional Court decisions to enrich themselves is a betrayal of the law. It is the victims of this corrupt behavior that the inquiry should be listening to and not the perpetrators of the corruption.
Unfortunately, President Joko Widodo’s pronouncements have been too weak in defending the commission. President Widodo has said only that he wants to strengthen the commission. However, President Widodo is apparently not able to intervene in the inquiry because it is a constitutional right of the House of Representatives. The fact is the direction taken by the House inquiry can only be seen as intended to delegitimize the Corruption Eradication Commission.
This post is based on “Bukan Perwakilan Koruptor” [Not the Representatives of the Corrupt], Kompas Editorial, July 5, 2017 https://kompas.id/baca/opini/2017/07/05/bukan-perwakilan-koruptor/.
Featured image credit: Paula Bronstein www.paulaphoto.com/. University students protest on top of Indonesia’s capitol building in Jakarta after President Suharto resigned May 21, 1998, “This photographer has spent decades covering war. But she doesn’t focus on the front lines”, Photographs by Paula Bronstein, Story by Tristen Rouse, CNN, September 7, 2024 https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2024/09/world/paula-bronstein-retrospective-cnnphotos/.
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On May 21st, 2019: Indonesian President #JokoWidodo confirmed as winning re-election, defeating Prabowo Subianto with 55.5% of the vote.
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Why I feel nostalgic to this? I miss Dorce and this version of Jokowi.
#dorce #dorcegamalama #jokowi #joko #widodo #jokowidodo #jakartanicus #indonesia #indonesian #indonesians #lelucon #lucu #humor #joke #jokes
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Jokowi nyanyi vs Prabowo nyanyi
#sing #jokowi #jokowidodo #prabowo #prabowosubianto #meme #memes #lol #humor #funny #anime #BocchiTheRock
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Jokowi nyanyi vs Prabowo nyanyi
#sing #jokowi #jokowidodo #prabowo #prabowosubianto #meme #memes #lol #humor #funny #anime #BocchiTheRock
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Nusantara, Indonesia’s new city built in the jungle, has an uncertain future, but both new residents and tourists love it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/02/asia-pacific/indonesia-nusantara-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #jokowidodo #nusantara #prabowosubianto
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Nusantara, Indonesia’s new city built in the jungle, has an uncertain future, but both new residents and tourists love it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/02/asia-pacific/indonesia-nusantara-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #jokowidodo #nusantara #prabowosubianto
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#OnThisDay in 2014, #JokoWidodo becomes President of Indonesia.
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Share If You Care About Humanity
#indonesian #AffanKurniawan #MakeGreatAgain #mastodon #Pixelfed #prabowosubianto #jokowidodo #Terorism -
#OnThisDay in 2019, Indonesian President #JokoWidodo proposes moving the country's sinking and over-crowded capital from Jakarta to the island of Borneo (Kalimantan).
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Hidup Jokowi
Credit to Alvinn Kzma#TolakRUUTNI
#TolakRUUPolri
#KawalRKUHAP
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President Prabowo is reasserting military influence in politics, pushing fiscal policies that challenge long-standing restraints in moves that are causing economic instability and political unease. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/01/world/prabowo-remaking-indonesia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #prabowosubianto #indonesia #indonesianeconomy #jokowidodo
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President Prabowo is reasserting military influence in politics, pushing fiscal policies that challenge long-standing restraints in moves that are causing economic instability and political unease. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/01/world/prabowo-remaking-indonesia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #prabowosubianto #indonesia #indonesianeconomy #jokowidodo
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Mogu Mogu Yummy Jokowi
Credit to ENUNK82#IndonesiaGelap
#meme #memes #humor #mogumogu #yummy #jokowi #jokowidodo #anime #BocchiTheRock -
Jokowi Camp
Credit to Alvinn Kzma#BTRxYuruCamp
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Indonesia’s new leader Prabowo Subianto used his maiden speech on Sunday to rail against corruption and poverty, a stark departure from his popular, soft-spoken predecessor Joko Widodo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/21/asia-pacific/politics/prabowo-indonesia-first-100-days/ #asiapacific #politics #jokowidodo #indonesia #southeastasia #prabowosubianto
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Prabowo Subianto became Indonesia’s eighth president Sunday, capping a 26-year rise that followed alleged human rights abuses tied to his late former father-in-law and dictator, Suharto. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/20/asia-pacific/politics/indonesia-prabowo-sworn-in/ #asiapacific #politics #prabowosubianto #indonesia #jokowidodo #southeastasia
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Officials and advisers describe how Indonesian President Joko Widodo steered his introverted son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, into politics and Indonesia's vice presidency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/15/asia-pacific/politics/indonesia-jokowi-son-gibran-vp/ #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #jokowidodo #gibranrakabumingraka #prabowosubianto #southeastasia
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After two terms and a decade in power, Joko Widodo has left an indelible mark on Indonesia, presiding over a period of strong economic growth and massive infrastructure development, but critics say he was partial to old-time patronage and dynastic politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/14/asia-pacific/politics/jokowi-indonesia-legacy-critics/ #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #jokowidodo #southeastasia
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Bei seinem Besuch im mehrheitlich muslimischen Indonesien spricht sich Papst Franziskus gegen gegen religiösen Extremismus und Intoleranz aus#Indonesien #PapstFranziskus #JokoWidodo #PrabowoSubianto #Islamismus #Islam #Bali #Asien #Politik
Franziskus in Indonesien: Papst wirbt für Dialog mit Islam -
Indonesien empfängt als Land mit der weltgrößten muslimischen Bevölkerung erstmals den Papst. Er trifft nach innenpolitischen Massenprotesten ein.#Indonesien #JokoWidodo #PrabowoSubianto #PapstFranziskus #Massenproteste #Asien #Politik
Papst reist nach Südostasien: „Zivilgesellschaft bleibt wachsam“ -
The power struggle between the parliament and the judiciary comes amid a week of dramatic political developments in the world's third-largest democracy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/22/asia-pacific/politics/indonesia-court-parliament-protests/ #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #jokowidodo #prabowosubianto
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Just found out my articles are cited as references for the #Wikipedia pages for #Indonesia and for #JokoWidodo #Jokowi.
Pretty amazing to imagine that I've influenced the global understanding of Indonesia in a small way.
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President-elect Prabowo won't be a puppet of outgoing leader Widodo. A more assertive foreign policy and democratic backsliding are likely on the horizon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/06/25/world/prabowo-subianto-indonesia-presidency-outlook/ #commentary #worldnews #prabowosubianto #indonesia #jokowidodo #china #southeastasia
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo is rushing to reassure investors and bureaucrats about his $32 billion new capital city in a malaria-prone pocket of Borneo after the resignations of two officials overseeing the plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/07/asia-pacific/politics/indonesian-president-new-capital/ #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #nusantara #jokowidodo #prabowosubianto #southeastasia
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Indonesien baut sich eine völlig neue Hauptstadt: Nusantara. Intransparente Rücktritte beim Megaprojekt wecken jetzt das Misstrauen der Bevölkerung.#Indonesien #JokoWidodo #Jakarta #Hauptstadt #GNS #Asien #Politik #Feed
Planhauptstadt Nusantara: Indonesische Vertrauenskrise -
A self-professed "nobody," the eldest son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to become the country's youngest-ever vice president. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/27/asia-pacific/politics/jokowi-son-indonesia-vp/ #asiapacific #politics #gibranrakabumingraka #indonesia #jokowidodo #prabowosubianto
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Die beiden unterlegenen Präsidentschaftskandidaten sammeln Beweise, um gegen Wahlbetrug vor Gericht klagen zu können. Ein warnender Film kam zu spät.#Indonesien #PrabowoSubianto #JokoWidodo #Wahlbetrug #Wahlmanipulation #Präsidentenwahl #Asien #Politik
Präsidentschaftswahl in Indonesien: Verlierer wollen Ergebnis anfechten -
Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto looks set to lead Indonesia as the next president. The question now is what will his presidency mean for the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2024/02/16/indonesia-vote/ #editorials #prabowosubianto #indonesia #jokowidodo #election