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“Corruption eradication [efforts] should address the root of the problem. [Graft] prevention is a more fundamental way [to address the issue],” said Jokowi on Thursday, adding that instilling a nationwide antigraft culture would be essential in the fight against corruption in the country.
Indonesia’s antigraft movement appears to have lost ground since the KPK Law revision was passed last year amid nationwide protests that failed to make any ground in restoring the KPK’s former might. Now, their only hope may lie within the halls of the Constitutional Court.
A damning report from two corruption watchdogs reveal the KPK's poor performance in the first half of this year under its new chairman, and that the antigraft body had lost public trust as a direct result of the revised KPK Law.
Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Busyro Muqoddas expressed support for the judges at the North Jakarta District Court to free the alleged attackers of graft buster Novel Baswedan in order to give room for a new investigation.
Finally solving the 2017 acid attack against KPK investigator Novel Baswedan has become a priority for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who said on Friday he had given new National Police chief Gen. Idham Azis until December to solve the case.
