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strong>Feb. 9, 2016

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) insisted on Tuesday that it would not alter a draft revision of Law No. 30/2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) despite vociferous opposition.

As the prime driver of the KPK Law revision, the party remains firmly in support of the plan.

'€œWhere do we want this draft revision to lead?'€ asked PDI-P lawmaker Ichsan Soelistyo, representing House of Representatives members who supported the KPK Law revision, as quoted by kompas.com.

Your comments:

Here is a group of people (the PDI-P) who haven'€™t been able to get their own jobs done in the past 14 months but insist they know what other people'€™s jobs should be. Perhaps they should show the nation they can do their jibs by cutting the backlog still hanging around from last year.

Listen PDI-P politicians, everyone knows what'€™s driving you. You can'€™t cover it up by eliminating one entity that can do something about you. You would have to eliminate every resident of Indonesia to escape the public opinions you are forming. Start working for a better Indonesia instead, if just for yourself.

Xsimaging

Corruption is the reason why such a rich country is still struggling with high poverty levels, very low levels of education, bad infrastructure and many other problems. And now these crook politicians can find nothing better to do than to weaken the only institution that was dedicated to fighting corruption.

Benam

No need for an oversight council, no need for advance permission from any parties to wiretap, the KPK needs to recruit investigators itself. Are you going to weaken your own party, PDI-P? Weaken the KPK first.

Syarwan

'€œIchsan insisted there was no intention to weaken the KPK.'€ What a joke!

Sorong

Is Ichsan Soelistyo the best caliber politician Indonesia can elect? This article clearly contradicts his assertion that the KPK will not be weakened. The KPK must have organizational independence to carry out its work with authority and objectivity. All four amendments would effectively subordinate the KPK and hand control to a meddling oversight council.

Brucelee4444

What a coward, he'€™s just afraid of getting caught by the KPK for his undisclosed deals.

Simba1991

The people won'€™t stand together until that light bulb comes on telling them that it is the corruptors that are actually taking food out of their and their families'€™ mouths. With the so-called mafia, siphoning off cash from projects, etc, that is just what happens. Come time for elections, the politicians hand out Rp 20,000 to Rp 30,000 to people and all is well. They don'€™t know just how much has been taken from them before that.

XS

I still haven'€™t heard a sensible explanation as to why one of the most successful and trusted institutions in the land needs reforming anyway.

Devanagari

It seems that Indonesia is not merely stagnating, but moving in a downwards direction.

Surely the people of Indonesia will not simply sit back and allow these criminals to diminish the KPK, surely?

Kate101

Its time for the people to think seriously about Jokowi, Megawati Soekarnoputri and the PDI-P and do something to correct it, perhaps even impeachment of Jokowi for not keeping to his presidential election pledges, and even his acceptance speech on the day he was sworn in.

Siang Malam

True to form, instead of outright condemnation my Indonesian patriot here has chosen to muddle the issue by asking for the harshest punishment for '€œcorrupt'€ oversight council members, the very members whose primary task is to defang the KPK. Is it not a tacit support for this '€œrevision'€ then? You did start off well, until the last two sentences.

Abu Abu

No wire tapping? Don'€™t they realize the US National Security Agency (NSA) does it?

Abdul Malik