Laksamana rebuked for Pertamina post<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Transparency International (TI) criticized on
\nThursday State Minister of State Enterprises Laksamana Sukardi
\nfor appointing himself as the new chief of the board
\ncommissioners of state oil and gas firm Pertamina, saying such a
\npractice was prone to abuse of power and corruption.<\/p>\n
Jeremy Pope, director of TI Center for Research and
\nInnovation, said it was wrong for a country to have a system that
\nallowed a minister to do so.<\/p>\n
He also said that a minister should know about the ethics of
\nnot holding dual positions in a firm.<\/p>\n
\"I am astonished about the news. Such a minister should be
\nsacked,\" he said at a seminar on corruption jointly held by TI
\nand the Partnership for Governance Reform.<\/p>\n
Pope said that it would become a bad precedent for junior
\ncivil servants as they would think that such a practice was
\nlegal.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Emmy Hafidz of the Indonesian office of TI said
\nLaksamana, who has a good reputation, was wrong to appoint
\nhimself as the new Pertamina chief commissioner because it could
\ncreate a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n
Pertamina is one of the largest local oil and gas companies,
\nwhile Laksamana is also a top official in the ruling Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan). -- JP<\/p>",
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