The ideal president

The ideal president

From Suara Karya

The choice of the next president in the upcoming election
runoff should be based on realistic considerations, with emphasis
on the candidate's honesty, courage and the will to sacrifice
time, energy and even wealth.

The next president should live in modesty, launch a national
prudence campaign and impose high taxes on luxury cars. The top
executive should also announce personal wealth when assuming
presidency and report it quarterly, in a bid to prevent graft.

The names of family members and relatives of the president
should be made public, so as not to receive facilities in their
business deals with government offices and state-owned
enterprises.

Transparency is also necessary, with regard to salaries of
public officials from the president downward, servicemen, police,
legislators and state corporate executives. A clear rule should
be laid down on the criteria of corruption, punishable by death.

All public officials, servicemen and police should be allowed
six months to report their property and pay taxes. If they fail
to report or their data prove to be false, the anticorruption
court will try their cases.

ARIFIN NURSAID
Jakarta