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

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