Corruption rating?

Corruption rating?

From Rakyat Merdeka

The deputy secretary-general of Transparency International
Indonesia, Nurul Almy Hafild, said recently that Indonesia and
Bangladesh remained the most corrupt countries in Asia. However,
the level of poverty in Indonesia is less extreme than in
Bangladesh and Senegal, the world's poorest nations.

Nurul Almy further indicated that the perception of corruption
in Indonesia continued to stand at the same rate as last year,
that is 1.9 out of 10. This rating was formulated from interviews
with entrepreneurs and analysts in 12 independent surveys
conducted by various international institutes.

This shows that in the past year the Indonesian government has
made no serious efforts in eliminating corruption.

In my view, these research findings should not be published
unnecessarily because they will have a negative impact on the
country. By announcing these results, entrepreneurs and investors
will flee Indonesia as their place of business, which in turn
will increase the suffering of Indonesia's crisis-stricken
population.

In fact, I fully agree with the critical attempts undertaken
by non-governmental organizations to monitor shortcomings in
public administration and injustice in society. But I regret the
fact that in order to earn some money, certain parties have to
sell poverty and expose the dark side of the nation.

DWISTINI ANDINI

Bogor, West Java