Nominal corruption

Nominal corruption

Corruption is no longer moral decline. It is now just
statistics.

The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) no longer refers to
manipulation of state funds as corruption but as
"irregularities".

In its latest report to the House of Representatives, the BPK
disclosed trillions of rupiah of irregularities involving the
central government, regional administrations, state-owned
enterprises and firms owned by regional administrations.

Surprisingly, House members showed no surprise at all. They
are more interested in internal struggles for promotions.

Even the government has reacted only rhetorically, for the
mass media.

The war against corruption is over now. Corruption can easily
be turned into mere auditing errors.

We once pinned high hopes on the new government because it
vowed on the oath of office to fight corruption. The bitter fact
now is that corruption is rife.

We used to hope the House would launch a clean governance
drive but the reality is that it has turned into a corrupt
institution itself.

Corruption is mere statistics and has no bearing on crime. -

-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta.