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        "id": 1083357,
        "msgid": "mega-lacks-priority-to-combat-kkn-official-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-12-12 00:00:00",
        "title": "Mega lacks priority to combat KKN: Official",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Mega lacks priority to combat KKN: Official Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri's complaint that her anticorruption campaign lacks legislative support received strong reactions from legislators on Tuesday. Legislators said that all the efforts to combat corruption had been hampered by the government's lack of priorities and wrong approach.",
        "content": "<p>Mega lacks priority to combat KKN: Official<\/p>\n<p>Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>President Megawati Soekarnoputri's complaint that her<br>\nanticorruption campaign lacks legislative support received strong<br>\nreactions from legislators on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Legislators said that all the efforts to combat corruption had<br>\nbeen hampered by the government's lack of priorities and wrong<br>\napproach.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Masykur Musa from the National Awakening Party (PKB)<br>\npointed out that the Megawati administration should set<br>\npriorities in its agenda to uproot corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\"Priority is important to make the anticorruption efforts<br>\nsuccessful,\" Ali told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n<p>Megawati said on Monday that deliberations of several bills<br>\nrelated to KKN (corruption, collusion and nepotism) in the House<br>\nhad progressed at snail pace.<\/p>\n<p>Under deliberation are bills on money laundering and<br>\nanticorruption commission. Indonesia has a number of laws<br>\npertaining to corruption, but enforcement is weak.<\/p>\n<p>The Indonesian public is waiting for trials in the numerous<br>\nhigh-profile cases that have already been processed at the<br>\nAttorney General's Office. They have yet to be taken to court for<br>\nunexplained reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Ali acknowledged that the President's claim had truth. The<br>\nHouse is so riddled with internal conflict that it has often<br>\nconfused its legislative, supervisory and budgetary functions.<\/p>\n<p>A harsher response came from legislator Ade Komaruddin from<br>\nthe Golkar Party. He said that the Megawati administration had<br>\ntaken the political approach in its efforts to combat KKN.<\/p>\n<p>\"Megawati as the chairwoman of PDI Perjuangan (Indonesian<br>\nDemocratic Party of Struggle) has also ordered her party to focus<br>\non political move,\" Ade said.<\/p>\n<p>Ade appeared to be referring to PDI Perjuangan's support for<br>\nthe creation of a special House committee to probe Golkar<br>\nchairman\/House Speaker Akbar Tandjung alleged involvement in a Rp<br>\n40 billion corruption case.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the establishment of a House investigation<br>\ncommittee say it is necessary because the public has been losing<br>\ntrust in a judicial system which has largely failed to solve<br>\nmajor cases to public satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Akbar has also been investigated by the Attorney General's<br>\nOffice. Golkar Party rejects the idea to create the House<br>\ninvestigation committee.<\/p>\n<p>Ade said that all anti-corruption efforts should be based on<br>\nPeople's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Decree, which prescribes<br>\nlegal, not political, solutions.<\/p>",
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