KPU: For money or devotion?

KPU: For money or devotion?

From Kompas

The news that the monthly salary of members of the General
Elections Commission (KPU) is over Rp 10 million and that the KPU
will also build 10 houses worth about Rp 1 billion each surprised
me. The question arises: Is service on the commission meant to
earn a living or for devotion to the country?

At the initial stage of selection to the commission,
candidates should have been asked about their motivation for
wanting to join the KPU, whether they would work for money or out
of service to the public, and be prepared to receive Rp 2 million
a month for working 10 hours a day without free housing.

What about the salaries of the members of the Corruption
Eradication Commission? I have qualified as a candidate for the
commission's leadership. On the registration form, I firmly
declared that I was motivated solely by devotion to the country
and was ready to receive a salary of only Rp 1,750,000 per month
for working 10 hours a day without the free use of a car or
house.

If I had intended to seek a big salary, I would have returned
to my previous job in the U.S.

H.A. MAKSUM
Depok, West Java