Origin of funds in Akbar case

Origin of funds in Akbar case

It was reported by The Jakarta Post that most of the revenue
of the State Logistics Agency's (Bulog) comes from rice sales.

Well, how is that possible for a country importing rice?

Or is it that Indonesia is exporting Indonesian rice so as to
have the convenience of importing foreign rice for a select group
of people within Bulog at the expenses of the Indonesian farmers?

The worst part is that money is not enough to repay the (bad)
credit extended to, among others, the Indonesian Distribution
Cooperatives (IDC). Think of it, Rp 320 billion?

In exchange for such help, the IDC is not helping farmers. On
the contrary, they are depressing the prices of agricultural
commodities for their own benefit.

A Bulog top decider declared that if the Rp 40 billion from
Winfried was a loan, then the money has to be returned to Bulog.

Well, the money shall be returned to the needy -- the intended
receivers as of 1999 -- and not to Bulog, an organization that
skyrocketed to prominence associated with things like of
corruption, collusion, and nepotism (KKN).

Indeed, by returning the money to Bulog, the KKN gang will be
able to recuperate its money later on through rice-connected
projects.

It is like allowing dirty money to go from one pocket to the
other from the same KKN people through Bulog.

Therefore, the Attorney General's Office (AGO), or a Special
House Commission, shall investigate where the money brought by
Winfried really comes from.

The people who paid that money are the ones involved in that
corruption case and, indeed, they can only be linked to the
Functional Group's (Golkar) patrons of 1999.

Any Indonesian knows that but, strangely, most Indonesian
legislators claiming to be their representatives are not
interested in investigating further.

This is yet more evidence that true accountability to the
people and a good governance are certainly not values praised
within the Indonesian legislative body yet.

YVAN MAGAIN

Tubize, Belgium