Not long ago the Indonesian Commission for the Elimination of Corruption (KPK.) was celebrated as a success story. But on 12 May2021 economist Emil Salim warned Indonesians not to trust the official wing of the KPK. How has the shift in trust come about?

The hitherto chaotic corruption eradication effort turned into an embarrassment when the 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published by Transparency International (TI) showed that Indonesia has experienced a dramatic setback in this regard. In 2020, Indonesia’s CPI score slid to 37, from 40th place the previous year. The country’s global ranking also dropped significantly, to 102ndplace, from 85th in 2019.

Energised by political vengeance, a tremendous backlash against the KPK in late 2019 from the ruling coalition of President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and his patron Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri has led to a new and defective KPK law.

The future of corruption eradication is increasingly threatened. The implications of the enactment of Law Number 19 of 2019 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 30 of 2002 concerning the Corruption Eradication Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Revision of the KPK Law) have completely changed the direction of the anti-corruption law politics. Instead of strengthening it, this legislation has reduced various significant powers of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Not only those, the problems with the selection and the inauguration of commissioners for the 2019-2023 periods are also very crucial, precisely because, the current KPK seems to be showing more controversy than reaping achievements.

At the end of January 2021, National Police Chief Idham Azis officially retired. As one of the law enforcers responsible to eradicate corruption, every aspect of each candidate of the National Police Chief is important to be scrutinized in order to ensure the agenda for internal reform and to maximize the corruption eradication.

Indonesia is a country that is ranked first in Southeast Asia regarding the number of cases of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19). As of July 22, 2020, there were 91,751 cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia . Meanwhile, at the world level, Indonesia is ranked 24th out of 215 countries with the highest number of cases due to Covid-19. In addition, based on data released by Amnesty International, it was found that there were 3,323 health workers who died in 79 countries. The number of health workers who died in Indonesia was 61 people.

Corruption is still main problem in Indonesia. Corruption causes poverty, inequality, injustice, poor public services, delaying investments and other impacts.

The police is a State organ that has been separated from ABRI as the armed forces since the post-reformation era. The separation of the Police and ABRI is marked by the signing of the President Instruction Number 2 of 1999, concerning Policy Measures in the Context of Separation of The Indonesian National Police from the Indonesian Armed Forces. As a result of this separation, Number 2 Constitution of 2002 was issued concerning the State Police of the Republic of Indonesia. Since then, the Bhayangkara institution started independently both in terms of regulation, human resources, and budget.

The coal industry has had a lot of negative impacts. Upstream, children die as a result of neglected mining pits and damaged green lands turned into mining areas. In the downstream, coal-fired power plants, namely PLTU (Electric Steam Power Plant), threaten the health and lives of residents.