If you feel anything at all for this country then you'll agree that the events of the past few weeks regarding the police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will indeed be very sad for the nation as a whole. Things were going not too bad (apart from earthquakes), the economy surviving the crisis thanks to consumer spending and confidence rising in the business/investment world. But now this conspiracy fiasco has turned it all upside down, and if Bank Century had gone under then the country may well have been back to where it was in 1997/1998.
What a difference a few weeks makes and what will President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono do about the country's law enforcement agencies? The only real hope of making some impact on corruption was the KPK and now even they have a credibility problem that could go either way. I suppose for Indonesia (although this also applies elsewhere) the saying that every man has his price seems to fit the bill, which means there are probably some rotten eggs in the KPK somewhere.
Certainly the police have an enormous problem, which must also be said of the judiciary and the prosecutor's office. What a mess. Now the can of worms has been punctured that bad smell could well waft its way all over the country, and if that gets any worse it could even challenge CO2 emissions! Maybe some people are hoping that the floods in Jakarta will wash it all away but I don't think the people will buy that one.
I suppose another question would be how many people want to get rid of the KPK, and how many of them are involved in some way in trying to achieve that objective? I fear that even Sherlock Holmes would struggle with this one as the lies are many, and it's not over yet. So what will SBY need to do to appease all the people who are more than willing to join him in his crusade against corruption?
This is not easy as according to rumors and the latest edition of the Becak Bugle the number of corrupt people in the corridors of power are in the hundreds, and if SBY got rid of them all, then the country could close down the House of Reprobates. sorry I meant Representatives.
Indeed what a mess and yet everyone knows it's like that, which is rather sad in a country that at least on the surface appeared to be trying to improve. This truth thing is a bit annoying, as in reality no one likes truth as it offends and points stabbing fingers at people, but without it, where does that leave Indonesian democracy if all the cornerstones of that ideology are crumbling?
I suppose for SBY Copenhagen can't come quick enough, but global warming, important as it is, will not deflect the people of this nation away from the impending storm. This is a tester for SBY that will allow him to show the general public that he is more than serious about ridding this country of the major factor that holds everything back. Many people think he doesn't possess the power or the courage to do such a thing, as to untangle the layers of corruption will produce so many enemies that he will bottle out when the going gets tough.
Let's face it, he's only the President, and like some before him, when it comes to courage or stability they have all opted for safety.
David Wallis
Medan
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