Dichotomy and corruption

Dichotomy and corruption

From Kompas

An editorial analysis on Metro TV aired on Oct. 10 commented on the poor performance of the legislature. The legislators have not fought for the people's interests, but instead they have been preoccupied with taking care of their own interests. The problem is that even highly sophisticated educational institutions are not by themselves able to produce capable and intelligent human resources.

The institutions are increasingly more orthodox in nature so that the students lack the capacity to think logically, the ability to have effective communication, and the talent to find proper solutions to problems. Under such circumstances the legislators' work should be discontinued.

It seems that this bad performance has affected all segments of the nation's life: the legislature, Supreme Court, police, prosecutors' office, judicial bodies, ministers, sub-districts and villages as well as neighborhood administrations, including individuals. Corruption and graft are rife in the above mentioned areas. The comment of the former vice president Moh. Hatta was accurate when he said that corruption has become a culture. And it was earlier reported that Indonesia was listed as the sixth most corrupt country in the world.

Those people whose salaries are unbelievably high are helpless in eliminating poverty in this country. The theory that people resort to corruption because their income is not sufficient is invalid.

BUSTANUDDIN AGUS Padang, West Sumatra