President SBY Speech on Corruption Case Indecisive
Posted on November 24, 2009
Indonesia president sidesteps action on corruption case, says AFP. This actually has been expected by many, including me as I wrote here. Except one that he would drop the Bibit-Chandra (anti-graft leaders) case. Even on this point, experts still interpret it in many different ways. In other words, Police or Jaksa (attorney general) might or might not drop the case. On other Tim 8 recommendation such as the sacking of Kapolri (police chief) and Kejagung (Attorney general) were ignored as mentioned in the news below. We have to remember, meanwhile, that the set-up of fact-finding team by President SBY was coming out of public mounting pressure, not from himself.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday sidestepped advice from his own fact-finding team to punish senior law enforcers over a huge corruption scandal that has gripped the nation.
The liberal ex-general has been under intense pressure to sack top police and prosecutors and drop their allegedly bogus criminal case against senior anti-graft investigators from the respected corruption watchdog.
In a nationally televised speech, Yudhoyono pledged reform to the justice system but insisted he could not interfere in the legal process, even though he admitted the public had lost trust in the judicial system.
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Well, it’s damn hard once you have to sack some of your staunch supporters. Now I know that this nation/ country/ state is NOT going to make any impressive progress in any aspects because the same old culprits will always stay there. Nonsense about corruption eradication, they only change their zip codes! As long as the ruler is just as weak as now, who acts like a puppet played by many dalangs, Indonesia is always a loser. We need a revolution. China can sentence corrupt officials to death, why can’t we? Because the rulers are too weak, what they can eradicate is small crimes, just like Mbok Minah’s case (being charged of probation after taking 3 cocoas worth IDR 2100) and a lot other indonesian who will get oppressed over and over again by the self-absorbed law enforcers and rulers! Indonesia is getting closer to its ruin and indecisiveness like this will only drag us closer to this.SBY really lets me down.
Yeah, death penalty should be good one. Take those corupt officers to have very serious lessons. A revolution of new law! Bravo.
Sby’s speech was confusing to some indonesian
Beliau ini kan ini berada ditengah2 semua pihak, jadi yah boleh2 saja karena posisinya sbg presiden-
Berantas terus para koruptor !!!!
@Reez: dan juga markus