Big task to eradicate corruption

Big task to eradicate corruption

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPTPK) has been facing
a big task as it has been entrusted to wipe out corruption which
is rampant in the countrywide for tens of years.

People know better that corruption has wracked economic sector
in Indonesia.

Eradicating corruption is thus supported by any religion as
the bad practice reflects dishonesty and illegal behavior.

The Corruption Eradication Commission should have the courage
to do its best. KPTPK should not become similar to Yusuf Sjakir-
led Public Servant's Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) which
trembled with state officials.

KPTPK should prove that it is a powerful commission which can
make people's dream of justice and fairness come true.

-- Republika, Jakarta

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President Bush's visit to Iraq
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President Bush's visit to Iraq

The American troops were pleasantly surprised, of course, to
see their Commander in Chief suddenly in their midst. There is
little doubt that the visit will serve as a morale booster for
them in a battlefield where their mission is still far from being
accomplished.

For the Iraqis, however, the visit will carry a mixed message.
That the first American president ever to visit their country
should have done so under the cover of darkness and left
hurriedly to avoid the thugs and assassins to whom he referred in
his speech, merely underscored the abnormality of the scene in
Iraq. Arguably, it can be said to have become worse considering
that no such secrecy shrouded the earlier visits of Secretary of
State Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Even as
Bush flitted in and out of Iraq, Democratic Party Senator Hillary
Clinton was in Afghanistan, another terrorist hot spot, in a
well-publicized visit.

If Bush's visit to Great Britain was meant to show that the
U.S. was not without friends in the world, the objective of the
Iraq visit apart from demonstrating his own commitment was to
thank the soldiers, many of whom may be wondering what they are
doing in a faraway country. Unless the conditions improve,
however, the visit will be no more than a flash in the pan.

-- The Hindustan Times, Delhi, India