Enough is enough

Enough is enough

According to ministers, the amount of money lost to the state through corruption or whatever else rips off the system is well over US$20 billion, which means there are a lot of extremely wealthy people all over this country.

It is widely understood and accepted that corruption is the biggest factor that causes not only civil unrest and poverty, but also feeds the radicals with a justification to carry out terrorist bombings.

The thing is, if it continues at the same rate as it is today, then the resulting chaos, which is likely to include further bombings, louder cries for independence, total disregard for central government and other anarchy-like maneuvers, will increase as unity cannot be achieved if the leadership is rotten to the core.

There are many more reasons today to conjure up anarchy, especially when it is common knowledge that the rot continues to eat away at the very heart of Indonesia.

Enough is enough so they say, or perhaps you could in this instance say that the writing is clearly on the wall. If that is true, I just hope there are enough legislators and ministers in the corridors of power with sufficient common sense to read the message and act accordingly.

DAVID WALLIS
Medan. North Sumatra