NU, Muhammadiyah to fight graft

NU, Muhammadiyah to fight graft

JAKARTA: The country's two largest Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, agreed on Tuesday to work together with an organization the Partnership in combating corruption, which will start from their own organizations.

NU deputy secretary-general Syaiful Bahri Anshori said one of the anticorruption programs was the introduction of modern financial management in the 40 million-strong organization in a bid to minimize irregularities.

Muhammadiyah foreign secretary Rizal Sukma added that the modernist organization would do the same and would publish a handbook on an Islamic interpretation of corruption.

Rizal said his organization would set up an anticorruption watch in its branches across the country to monitor possible corruption at the local level.

"We expect this anticorruption movement will not proceed alone as a sectarian action. It should involve others," he said.

The Partnership is a cooperative arrangement between the government, civil society organizations, the private sector and international partners with the aim of facilitating and supporting clean governance in Indonesia.

NU, Muhammadiyah and the Partnership will sign a memorandum of understanding on good governance on Wednesday. --JP