Pandemic Sweeps Corruption Under the Rug
In a speech that lasted 32 minutes 54 seconds and consisted of 2,734 words, the President only mentioned corruption once when expressing appreciation for the KPK alongside other state institutions.
President Joko Widodo made a speech at the 2021 MPR RI Annual Session and the Joint Session of the DPR RI and DPD RI in the context of the 76th Anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia in the Plenary Meeting Room, Nusantara Building MPR/DPR/DPD RI, Monday (16/8/2021).
The prolonged Covid-19 pandemic seems to have eliminated the country’s problem of endemic corruption. The diction no longer touches corruption.
The series of state speeches on Monday, 16 Aug. 2021, delivered by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo, House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani, and Regional Representatives Council (DPD) Chairperson La Nyalla Mattalitti did not mention the corruption issue.