Anti-corruption team nearly ready, ICW left off list<\/p>\n
A'an Suryana
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
A minister said he has provided facilities for a small team set
\nup by the government to select candidates nominated for the
\nCommission for Eradication of Corruption (KPTK) to fulfill the
\nrequirements of an anticorruption law.<\/p>\n
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said
\nhere on Thursday that the small team would have a secretariat at
\nthe Justice and Human Rights Ministry and other facilities would
\nbe given to allow them to complete the selection according to the
\ndeadline set by the law.<\/p>\n
He made the statement to follow up the issuance of a
\npresidential decree which was signed by President Megawati
\nSoekarnoputri on Sept. 21, a day before her departure to attend
\nthe 58th UN General Assembly in New York.<\/p>\n
The team will be headed by Romli Atmasasmita, a senior
\nofficial at the ministry, with two deputy chairmen, a secretary
\nand ten other members.<\/p>\n
The team consists of senior lawyers, legal observers,
\nlecturers, as well as government and police officials. Among
\nnoted figures are lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution, Harkristuti
\nHarkrisnowo of the University of Indonesia, Abdul Gani Abdullah
\nand Insp. Gen. Sukamto, the head of legal division at the
\nNational Police headquarters.<\/p>\n
The team is expected to complete the selection process within
\ntwo months so that the commission can start working by Dec. 27 as
\nwas regulated by Law No. 30\/2002 on anti-corruption.<\/p>\n
When Yusril was asked why Teten Masduki, the coordinator of
\nthe Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) was absent from the list,
\nbut he claimed that he knew nothing about the list, saying that
\nthe decision was in the hands of the President.<\/p>\n
Teten has been quite outspoken in exposing corruption cases in
\nrecent years.<\/p>\n
According to the decree, the team's main tasks will be to
\nregister applicants and select ten of them to be submitted to the
\nHouse of Representatives.<\/p>\n
The House will later take only five of the proposed candidates
\nto be sworn in as members of KPTK.<\/p>\n
The public has waited a very long time for the establishment
\nof a powerful, independent anti-corruption commission, and many
\nhope it will be able to combat rampant corruption in Indonesia,
\none of the most corrupt countries in the world.<\/p>\n
According to the law, the commission is supposed to have the
\nfull authority to foil corruption cases as well as to file
\ncharges against corruption suspects.<\/p>",
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