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Police, info ministry score ‘lowest integrity’
Irawaty Wardany , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 12/22/2009 10:07 PM | National
While currently drafting a government regulation on lawful interception, the communications ministry has been included on a list of institutions with the highest rates of graft, a survey has found.
The survey, conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), also included the National Police on the list.
The survey was held between April and September 2009 and covered 371 service units across 98 institutions.
“We surveyed 11,413 respondents who were direct users of services in the institutions,” KPK deputy chairman for prevention, M. Jasin said Tuesday.
The survey ranked institutions on a scale of 1-10, with 1 as a measure of the most corrupt.
The survey found that services most prone to corrupt practices included the police issuance and extension of driving licenses, passport services at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry, procurement processes at the Information and Communications Ministry, and the Public Housing Ministry.
Services that were considered graft-free included social aid programs at the Coordinating Public Welfare Ministry, procurement processes at the Agriculture Ministry, university accreditation at the State Accreditation Agency and services provided by state shipping company PT Pelni.
Jasin said the police scored the lowest with 4.6, followed by the Industry Ministry with 5, while the Information and Communications Ministry scored 5.6.
“Starting this year we have set the standard for integrity at 6,” he said.
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Henrymanoe (not verified), Kupang — Wed, 12/23/2009 - 7:22am
Should the aim not be 10 as the standard for integrity. It may not be possible to jump from a low of 4.6 to 10 in the case of the integrity score of the police. Still aiming at an increment of only 1.4 does not bode well for the Presidents anti-corruption drive (as part of his first 100 days in office) and how serious that is taken by government agencies. Reading the article it is apparent that the President's laudable aim has fallen on deaf ears. Perhaps Mr. Yudhoyono should be more articulate and forceful in conveying his message. Talk without action is a waste of time.