Power corrupts, especially for political appointees: KPK chief

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Busyro Muqoddas says that appointing politicians to ministerial posts has lead to corruption - and he wants to end the process.

“Ministers from political parties tend to be corrupt,” Busyro told university students on Friday as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Only qualified professionals with transparent backgrounds should be appointed as ministers, he said.

Zaenal Arifin Muchtar, the chairman of the corruption studies department at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, added that ministers appointed for political reasons lacked the skills to execute their ministerial duties.

“How to fill these posts with eligible candidates is another issue worth fighting for,” he said.