Purging of corruption

Purging of corruption

From Republika

Collusion and corruption are becoming increasingly rife in our
business practices and penetrating all walks of life. We feel
their presence in all sectors of development: banking, export and
import, trade and services at all levels. Their infiltration into
the bureaucracy network is also widespread. They are like an
epidemic. It is hard to find their roots. People are asking
themselves: Is it the culture, the bureaucracy's administrative
system, the economy, politics, or purely a matter of mentality?

Our anguish seems to grow with the advent of crony capitalism
that gives birth to new well-planned monopolies. A combination or
a system of fascism, capitalism and nepotism in economy, which
sometimes takes the guise of philanthropy. Their sole concern is
loyalty in order to hold on to the resources of wealth.

The handling of problems of collusion and monopolies seems to
be stopgap work, while the problems become increasingly urgent.
Many people hope that the antimonopoly law will enable the
authorities to take steps. But all is still vague. The
community's reactions are varied. Some people remain apathetic,
others look forward to the implementation of such a law. Still
others are against such a law. Without a legal certainty for the
protection of the people's rights, collusion will keep thriving.

We should all ponder what is wrong with the efforts to
eradicate crony capitalism, monopolies and collusion.

We may need another committee, that is, a national committee
for the purging of collusion and monopolies. We need an
institution that is not only ready to accommodate complaints, but
a people's council that understands the heartfelt complaints of
the people.

For starters, we need to see more transparent steps being
taken.

SANUSI

Bogor, West Java