The G20 Conference in Bali earlier this month, which addressed international bribery and a number of bribery cases involving politicians that are handled by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), reminds me of an old tale about pirates that were arrested by Alexander the Great’s forces.

Berbicara mengenai pemuda, peranan generasi muda, dan mahasiswa, adalah hal yang sangat menarik dan dinamis untuk dibicarakan. Pembahasan tersebut tidaklah lepas dari faktor sejarah karena pemuda erat kaitannya dengan perubahan-perubahan dan dinamika sosial-keadaan suatu tempat atau negara. Saat berpikir untuk menulis mengenai “kepemudaan” terkait dengan Sumpah Pemuda, ini seharusnya akan menjadi sangat menarik dan cukup panjang karena akan terdapat sangat banyak sudut pandang membicarakan pemuda.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s concern about practices of money politics in the district head elections and high-cost democracy had been expressed again in the state address in the Joint Session of the House of Representatives  and the Regional Representatives Council on Aug. 16, 2010.

The phenomenon of high-cost district head elections was previously mentioned by Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi. It is a paradox of the expensive cost of district head elections and the demand of a government that is clean from corruption.

Atmosfer optimisme terhadap upaya pemberantasan korupsi kian suram saja. Harapan dan kepercayaan publik terhadap keseriusan kekuasaan dalam memberantas korupsi secara amanah dan konsisten tampak makin merosot. Peraturan pemerintah pengganti undang-undang (perpu) dituding sebagai "biang keladi"-nya.

Antigraft group Indonesia Corruption Watch predictably upset Attorney General Hendarman Supandji on Tuesday by calling on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to name a new attorney general for his next cabinet because of what it said was Hendarman’s poor performance.

Kajian ini merupakan analisa terhadap kasus korupsi yang terjadi di Indonesia selama 2 kuartal pertama tahun 2004. Kasus-kasus yang muncul ini hanya kasus yang sempat terekam dan terpublikasikan oleh media masa selama kurun waktu tersebut. Kasus tersebut mungkin ada yang kejadiannya sebelum tahun 2004, namun sempat diproses dan muncul serta diungkap oleh masyarakat pada kurun waktu tersebut. Tercatat 2,7 triliun rupiah masuk ke kantong koruptor.

The fund for this project is provided by the World Bank and the State Budget (pure in rupiah). The project consists of four stages, starting from 1996/1997 budget year up until 1999/2000. Estimated fund for one budget year is US$30 million. (Or Rp 300 billion rupiah with Rp 10,000 exchange rate per US$). Total fund for the four budget years is around Rp 1.2 trillion.

As a place for people to earn justice, it should be that the court’s verdict must be based on the legitimate law and the sense of justice. Nevertheless, corruption practices in the court that is known as the court mobsters make the court’s verdict becomes distorted, because they not only put it on the base of the law and justice, but also on the base of money. As the result, trial process needs a long time, complicated and expensive. And in turn, the law institutions cannot give any guarantee of the assurance of law so that its image falls down to the lowest point.

This draft discussion report is the product of a core team consisting of Sarwar Lateef (task team leader), Chris Bennett, Bert Hofman, David Hawes, Merly Khouw (consultant), Anne-Lise Klausen, Debbie Palmer (Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia), Naseer Rana and Rajiv Sondhi. Peter van Tuijl (Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia) contributed a note on the Indonesian police. The report drew heavily on a number of unpublished Working

Empat tokoh masyarakat terpilih sebagai penerima Bung Hatta Anti Corruption Award karena dinilai memiliki kredibilitas tinggi dalam memerangi korupsi.