The Urgency of Jokowi's Bureaucratic Reform

This country will never be developed or taken into account if the quality and performance of its bureaucracy remains as it is today. Public scrutiny and criticism of the bureaucracy must be the momentum to improve.

Reflecting on what has happened these days, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's most pressing agenda at the moment is reforming the bureaucracy.

Like a chronic disease, the problem of bureaucracy in this country is getting more acute and taking more and more victims. The problem is, the victims are not only officials and bureaucrats, or the people's trust in the government, but also constitutional ideals. The disclosure of the abnormally large wealth of a number of state officials, or exposure to the luxurious lifestyle of themselves and their family, is actually just a symptom.