Much Housework Remains
Indonesia’s ranking in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2019 improved slightly compared to 2018. Nevertheless, a lot of housework still remains to rid Indonesia of corruption.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Indonesia’s ranking in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2019 improved slightly compared to 2018. Nevertheless, a lot of housework still remains to rid Indonesia of corruption, such as by maintaining corruption eradication efforts that is believed to have suffered a setback following the revision of Law No. 30/2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Law No. 19/2019.
The investigation into the bribery case on the replacement of a lawmaker that involves General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner Wahyu Setiawan and a former legislative candidate from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Harun Masiku, is an important test of corruption eradication in Indonesia.