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Political parties are facilitating corruption in the country, with most politicians practicing money politics to get themselves elected, according to political and financial observers.

They said the money-driven nature of electoral campaigns in the country had perpetuated a system where corruption was ubiquitous in politics.

Habibie Center researcher Su-marno estimated that an aspiring politicians needed approximately
Rp 4 billion (US$419,508) to be elected to the House of Representatives.

Your comments:

Indonesia receives billions of dollars from donor countries every year under the guise of assisting with education, health, clean governance, anticorruption, etc. The masses are still uneducated, people die of preventable illnesses, government is still under-performing and corruption is at a record high.

So donor countries are indirectly supporting this election filth and corruption.

Baz

To buy votes needs huge amount of cash. The politician will certainly get the “investment” back with interest. The salary he or she gest from the position will never pay back the “investment”. So how he or she will get the investment back with interest? Do I have to tell you....my friends?

Widya Utama