Power in the hands of corruptors and gamblers

Power in the hands of corruptors and gamblers

The powers of a democratic country should be in the hands of
politicians, but not in this country. Chairman of Indonesia's
biggest Muslim organization, the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), KH Hasyim
Muzadi, said the power in the country is in the hands of corrupt
people and gamblers, who happen to be the decision-makers.

This, he said, is the concern of an ulema who sees from his
perspective that the morals of the country's political elite have
gone beyond the bounds of decency.

Hasyim said the existence of political morality is being
threatened, because the one that determines victory in general
elections is no longer the political party but the power that
can afford the party -- the corruptors and gamblers.

Previously, the NU and the country's second biggest Muslim
organization, the Muhammadiyah, have agreed to cooperate to fight
corruption.

However, it would be better for the NU and Muhammadiyah to
support the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) in making a ruling or
fatwa that would stress that wealth obtained through corruption
is forbidden.

This would be more useful than making a ruling on bank
interest MUI recently declared as forbidden.

-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta