Performance contract praised<\/p>\n
M. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Antigraft activists lauded on Sunday the performance advancement
\ncampaign initiated by State Minister of Administrative Reforms
\nTaufik Effendi, but questioned his office's ability to
\neffectively muster sweeping changes.<\/p>\n
Bambang Widjojanto of the Partnership for Governance Reform
\nsaid the most appropriate way to curb widespread corruption and
\nboost efficiency was to start reform at government agencies that
\ndirectly provided services to the public, rather than going after
\nbig-time corruptors.<\/p>\n
\"However, I doubt if the Office of the State Minister of
\nAdministrative Reform has the capacity to intervene with the
\ninternal affairs of government agencies,\" he told The Jakarta
\nPost.<\/p>\n
Bambang said Taufik's office should rather play a coordinating
\nrole in the performance improvement campaign and draw up more
\ncomprehensive plans for bureaucratic reforms.<\/p>\n
\"What is lacking now is coordination in the fight against
\ngraft and the office of the administrative reforms minister can
\nfill in this gap,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Taufik earlier said the performance contract signed by civil
\nservants with his office would take effect early next year.<\/p>\n
Under the carrot-and-stick scheme, all civil servants are
\nrequired to improve their performance or face penalties.<\/p>\n
The state minister's office has signed an agreement with the
\nCorruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to help it assess the
\nperformance of government agencies. The agreement authorizes the
\ncommission to take legal action against errant civil servants.<\/p>\n
Government agencies that have signed the contracts to improve
\ntheir services include the Jakarta Police and immigration and tax
\noffices around the country.<\/p>\n
Deputy coordinator of the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW)
\nLuky Djani said the performance contract would encourage civil
\nservants to improve their conduct.<\/p>\n
Luky, however, said the campaign should have different
\nstandards for different levels of bureaucracy.<\/p>\n
\"There has to be varying benchmarks ... A standard for low-
\nlevel officials should not be applied to high-ranking ones,\" he
\ntold the Post.<\/p>\n
He emphasized the reward and punishments in the contract
\nneeded to be clearly spelled out.<\/p>\n
\"Productive civil servants could be given bonuses from the
\nmoney saved in the performance drive. On the other hand,
\npunishments should be as severe as possible.<\/p>\n
\"There have to be good reasons for civil servants to abandon
\ntheir bad-old ways,\" Luky said.<\/p>",
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