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Salah Obat Amnesti Koruptor
Selain kontraproduktif terhadap semangat antikorupsi yang selama ini dikampanyekan Presiden Prabowo Subianto, memberikan maaf kepada koruptor dengan syarat mengembalikan uang hasil korupsi ke negara juga hanya akan kian mendegradasi kepercayaan publik terhadap supremasi hukum. Apabila dilanjutkan, pengampunan terpidana korupsi justru menjadi preseden buruk bagi pelaku korupsi di masa mendatang. Meskipun juga tidak terlalu jelas bentuk…
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KPK dalam Ketiak Kekuasaan
Permisifnya sikap Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) terhadap merebaknya isu gratifikasi pesawat jet pribadi Kaesang Pangerep, putra bungsu Presiden Jokowi mencerminkan telah paripurnanya penundukkan lembaga antikorupsi itu oleh pengaruh kekuasaan eksekutif. KPK yang tampak teramputasi keberaniannya ini jelas akan menjadi preseden buruk bagi peluang pengungkapan korupsi yang menyenggol elit politik di masa depan. Tamparan keras ini…
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The 2024 Indonesian Elections: Prabowo’s Likely Victory and a Real Test for Democracy
The world’s third-largest democracy is holding its fifth presidential and legislative elections since shaking off a dictatorship in 1998 in last February 14th. Indonesia’s General Election is considered the world’s biggest one-day democratic election ever since 204.8 million Indonesians have voted for the next president and vice president of the world’s third-biggest democracy and more…
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Indonesia may need 100 years to be free from corruption
The battered mess in eradicating corruption in Indonesia results from the absence of political leadership. If corruption continues to be as rampant as it is today, it is estimated that Indonesia will take no less than 100 years to return to the path to becoming a clean country. The tragic reality contained in the 2023…
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Criminalizing foreign bribery at home
The recent bribery scandal involving German software company System Application and Product (SAP) highlights the importance of cracking down on bribery by foreign public officials in Indonesia. According to an official statement on the website of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released on Jan. 10, SAP was proven to have violated the Foreign…
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A bittersweet gift to mark 20 years of the UN antigraft convention
As we commemorate today the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), the corruption eradication agenda in Indonesia is growing increasingly concerning. Indonesia scored a historic low in the 2022 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), the worst since 1997, almost two decades since the beginning of the UNCAC regime in Indonesia. Indonesia’s slump…
