Anticorruption team to refine law enforcers
JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman announced on Friday that members of the national joint anticorruption team would be installed on Thursday, saying their priority was to clean up the country's law enforcement bodies.
Marzuki said the team, comprising law enforcers and independent watchdogs, would serve as both investigator and prosecutor in corruption cases which occurred in the ministries and other government institutions.
"The team will help the Attorney General's Office handle complicated graft cases, including former president Soeharto's alleged corruption, false indictments and alleged bribery at the Supreme Court," Marzuki told journalists.
He added that the team was an embryo of the Commission to Eradicate Corruption, mandated by the 1999 antigraft law. The commission will have to be formed by August next year.
The government was drawing up a regulation dealing with the commission, Marzuki said. He added that the presence of such a commission was among conditions demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in exchange for the disbursement of its financial aid to Indonesia.
Members of the team will come from the Attorney General's Office, the National Police, the Central Bank, the Directorate General of Taxation, the Supreme Audit Agency, the Finance Development Comptroller, the Capital Market Supervisory Agency and the National Land Agency.
It will have up to 25 members, led by former chief justice Adi Andojo Sucipto. Several outstanding non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW), the Movement of Concerned Citizens on State Assets (Gempita) and the Indonesian Transparency Society (MTI) have been asked to join the team.
ICW chairman Teten Masduki said the corruption watchdog would fully back the team's establishment.
"However, it would be much better if Marzuki unveiled the candidates for the team beforehand to let the public assess their credibility," Teten said.
Separately, the National Police, the Attorney General's Office and the Ministry of Home Affairs agreed on Friday to name their liaison officers whose tasks will include receiving public complaints, reporting them to the National Ombudsman Council and monitoring the legal measures taken in response to the complaints. (01)