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