KPK lauds Solok for good governance

KPK lauds Solok for good governance

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, The Jakarta Post, Padang

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Taufiqurachman
Ruki has named the Solok regency administration a model for the
implementation of the principles of good governance, and urged
other administrations across the country to emulate them.

Taufiequrachman, who was accompanied by KPK vice chairman,
Sahrudin Rasul, deputy of the KPK's corruption crimes eradication
division, Waluyo, and inspector general of the Ministry of Home
Affairs, Sinyo Sarundayang, paid a visit on Thursday to Solok
regency in West Sumatra to observe its operation.

According to Taufiequrachman, he had only heard about good
governance being practiced in one place, Solok, so he was looking
forward to witnessing it first hand. It is the KPK's hope to
cleanse all administrations of corruption, in addition to
investigating and handling criminal cases.

"When I arrived here, what I had heard was true, that Solok
Regent Gamawan Fauzi had indeed implemented principles of good
governance. This should also be established in other areas," he
asserted.

Taufiequrachman added that corruption eradication had become a
national program and several regions had initiated good
governance systems in an effort to prevent corruption.

The drive by Gamawan to improve public services, which earned
him the Bung Hatta Anti-Corruption Award earlier this year, had
significantly increased the regency's revenue and thus the
welfare of civil servants, while the public had been provided
with good services, said Taufiequrachman.

"Through the issuance of the transparency bylaw, funds
provided for road construction will not 'stray' to other places,"
he said.

The KPK head visited several government agencies in Solok and
observed the public service operations in the only regency in the
country, which had endorsed the Integrity Pact.

The Integrity Pact is an agreement signed by various local
agencies to implement principles of a government free from
corruption, collusion and nepotism.