Graft not just in Jakarta

Graft not just in Jakarta

From Koran Tempo

According to Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh, following his instruction that all prosecutors' offices at the district and higher levels intensify their investigation into and prosecution of graft cases, a great number of requests have been lodged, demanding that probes into graft involving regional administration officials be conducted.

It is understandable that the attorney general has seen such a great number of requests. In the present era of regional autonomy, all regions are competing to benefit from their autonomy. Funds are available in great amounts but a lack of professional human resources in the regions has lead to the unwise and inefficient spending of this money. There are many cases in which budget spending has been marked up.

Corruption is now a fact of life, not only in natural resource-rich regions but also in areas where natural resources are just enough for the people's own use.

Let us all now eradicate graft.

AHMADI Tenggarong East Kalimantan