SBY: Not all anti-corruption tasks under my control

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday that corruption eradication was the duty of everyone and not solely of the president.

“Not all law enforcement and anti-corruption tasks are under the President’s control,” he said during a government working meeting at the Bogor Presidential Palace in West Java as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Yudhoyono said that not only the government but also law agencies should streamline anti-corruption tasks.

The meeting was attended by Vice President Boediono, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto, Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa and Coordinating People’s Welfare Minister Agung Laksono and other ministers.

He added that corruption could hamper economic growth, the bureaucracy and infrastructure development. (drs)