Support for the attorney general

Support for the attorney general

I would like to comment on and at the same time give my
support to the steps taken by Attorney General Baharuddin Lopa to
enforce the law. I do hope that the attorney general is serious
in carrying out this task and not merely making empty promises.
The public is already fed up with the country's so-called efforts
at law enforcement, while in reality notorious corruptors,
particularly those in the legislature, are not only hanging
around enjoying their freedom, but also feeling like the saviors
of the nation.

The corruptors are everywhere: in the legislative and
executive branches and in other institutions. The most elusive
ones -- as slick as eels -- are those in the legislative body,
because they use their political parties as a shield. When the
authorities try to get them, they say their arrest is tainted by
politics. The public does not care about these excuses, what
matters for them is that the corruptors are arrested and brought
to justice.

I will pray that Baharudin Lopa has the guts and will not be
dictated to by the statements of the elite and politicians who
prevent the arrest of the corruptors in the legislature by giving
various excuses. Law enforcement must begin from the legislative
body (because they are said to represent the people). Prior to
the arrest of other plunderers of smaller amounts, as a form of
shock therapy and a deterrent these corruptors in the legislature
must first be rounded up. Therefore, others will have to think
twice before committing such offenses.

HELMIZAN SAKRANI

Jakarta