MPR speaker wants ruling on graft

MPR speaker wants ruling on graft

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: People's Consultative Assembly
Speaker Hidayat Nur Wahid called on President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono on Wednesday to immediately issue a government
regulation in lieu of law (Perpu) on an anticorruption drive.

Hidayat said the government regulation would be of great
significance in supporting the ongoing campaign against
corruption. The issuance of the regulation would reflect the
state of emergency the country was facing in dealing with rampant
corruption.

He said the government's plan to issue a presidential decree
on the fight against corruption was not sufficient.

"The decree shows that the government is committed to
eradicating corruption, but it would be better if the government
issues a Perpu, which in itself would deter would-be corrupters,"
he said. -- JP