Systemic Improvement Must Follow Enforcement
Harsh punishment is an important factor in curbing corruption in Indonesia. However, it must be accompanied with systemic improvements that eliminate the temptation and opportunity for committing corruption.
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Former House speaker Setya Novanto looks up as the judicial panel sentences him to 15 years in prison on Tuesday (24/4/2018) at the Jakarta Corruption Court, which found him guilty of corruption in the e-ID card procurement project in 2011-2013. The court also ordered Novanto was to pay a Rp 500 million fine or spend an additional three months in prison.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Harsh punishment is an important factor in curbing corruption in Indonesia. However, it must be accompanied with systemic improvements that eliminate the temptation and opportunity for committing corruption.
In the end, former House of Representatives speaker and Golkar Party chair Setya Novanto was punished for corruption. He was proven guilty of his involvement in the corrupt electronic identity card (e-ID) procurement project. The Jakarta Corruption Court judges sentenced Setya to 15 years in prison.