Civil solidarity and accountability

Civil solidarity and accountability

From Koran Tempo

One lesson we have learned from Aceh's devastation by the tsunami is the importance of civil solidarity to unify the nation. This solidarity must never be betrayed.

Public accountability and transparency should therefore be ensured through wisdom, sincerity and the adoption of policies by fund-raisers that prevent irregularities and any exploitation of the disaster to serve personal or group interests.

To this end, the Indonesian Artists Welfare Cooperative (KSSI) appeals that aid for Aceh be detailed in the way it was raised and spent, so that accountability and credibility can be guaranteed, without betraying solidarity.

LAZUARDI ADI SAGE and IMAM WAHYUDI KSSI Jakarta