Legislation for levies

Legislation for levies

It is perhaps understandable that the non-governmental organization Transparency International regards the corruption that takes place in Indonesia as being the worst in the world. After all, even without the existence of any law to authorize it, a host of levies prevail in Indonesia. And worst of all, such levies are now being charged by private companies as well.

Naturally we hope that something will be done about this. Therefore we welcome the government's decision to abolish the various levies that are being made by private parties. We also regard as appropriate the government's intention to abolish or at least reduce the number of levies made by the bureaucracy.

The point is that to become an advanced country we must be consistent and stick to the policy that all levies must be authorized by law and that the use of the money must be transparent.

In case it is considered that having the levies made by private parties is considered more efficient, then, for the sake of the public's interest, the selection must be made by open tender and done fairly.

-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta