Death sentence for corruptors

Death sentence for corruptors

From Media Indonesia

The attorney general has said that capital punishment is still
needed to deter criminals, but the sentence has not been handed
down to any corruptors, and yet the country is still in the midst
of a crisis.

While drug traffickers and murderers have recently gotten the
firing squad, why can't the sentence be given to corruptors? Is
it because they are in a position to buy their way out of the
sentence?

As the country is based on law for all citizens, the death
sentence should also be imposed on corruptors, because they cause
far greater disruption to the basis of state resilience and
independence.

Now the fact is that the state has incurred huge sums of
debts, however, the funds that should be going into the state
treasury, in huge amounts, have vanished as a result of massive
corruption by tax officials.

Also, the council of subdistricts in Jakarta, while denying a
corruption allegation in connection with the government's fuel
subsidy assistance fund for the poor, has admitted that if any
graft was actually committed, the sum would have been less than
Rp 1 billion. How many poor people could that have helped if it
got to them?

Still, those known to have struggled for clean governance are
reportedly involved in irregularities concerning the use of
relief aid for tsunami victims, while a high-ranking official
from the General Elections Commission has been arrested for
allegedly bribing a government auditor, who had found
irregularities by the election commission.

As all this goes on, the country is certainly trapped in a
crisis. In addition to the high rate of unemployment, the tens of
millions living in poverty has also increased following the fuel
price increase. Therefore, it is only proper to sentence to death
the corruptors, as a deterrent.

TAUFIK KARMADI
Jakarta