Eliminate corrupt mentality

Eliminate corrupt mentality

From Merdeka

A clean government that commands respect must be created without delay because the Indonesian people, who have a deep moral and ethical sense, have long dreamed of having one. So, all social ills connected with the mentality of corruption and nepotism must be cured. All these must be wiped out across the country because they harm the nation and the state in addition to tarnishing the country's image internationally.

Dishonesty and collusion have their origin in some people having a corrupt and nepotistic mentality. These people, if they continue to be allowed to go about doing as they wish, will only tarnish the image of the state and government apparatuses and also damage their authority. Therefore, stern and concrete steps must be taken not only in political and economic areas but also in legal and moral realms.

We must always bear in mind that corruption, collusion and nepotism are now under an intense spotlight domestically and internationally. Corruption, collusion and nepotism are the culprits of our vulnerable economic system.

I fully agree with an idea once expressed by a Merdeka reader to the effect that the solution to the present economic and monetary crisis is none other than economic reform plus (namely, pertaining to the economic, political, legal and moral realms). This is the right path to take to improve the situation.

SYAMSUDDIN F.

Bogor, West Java