Corruption
FINAL PROJECT – CORRUPTION IN INDONESIA
Before we discuss about corruption in Indonesia, first we must know what corruption itself is. In a common view, corruption is misused money which causes a deficit for the country itself. But, corruption itself has a broader meaning beside that, corruption itself come from the word “corrupt” which also mean defective. A misused of power can also be a definition of corruption. Based from oxford dictionary, corrupt has a meaning of “having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain”. Corruption in Indonesia is already going from Ir. Soekarno era. Even though Ir. Soekarno is well known as a great leader and a great orator, he ever did a corruption which caused him to be overthrown from his era in Indonesia. Corruption which he did is proclaiming himself as a lifetime President of Indonesia. Based on the previous constitution of Indonesia, this action is defying the constitution itself where Republic of Indonesia first is proclaimed as a Republic, and by changing into having a single leader for a lifetime means that Indonesia won’t be a Republic anymore, but Indonesia become a capitalism country. Indonesia have law number UU 31/1999 and UU 8/2010 money laundering, its about the corruption and money laundering. Based on World Justice Project Survey as I research, Indonesia placed in the 47th place among 65 other countries in the world which are researched, but in South East Asia, Indonesia placed as the first for the most corrupt country. The rating was ranged from 0 until 10, 0 for the worst and 10 as the most corruption-clear. Indonesia placed as the most corrupt country by point of 0.46 and it was followed by Philippine with the point of 0.5, the most corrupt-clear country in the South East Asia is Singapore with the point of 0.91. This research was involving 66,000 respondent and 2,000 experts. The latest corruption news which discussed in the meantime is the bribing of 3
Before we discuss about corruption in Indonesia, first we must know what corruption itself is. In a common view, corruption is misused money which causes a deficit for the country itself. But, corruption itself has a broader meaning beside that, corruption itself come from the word “corrupt” which also mean defective. A misused of power can also be a definition of corruption. Based from oxford dictionary, corrupt has a meaning of “having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain”. Corruption in Indonesia is already going from Ir. Soekarno era. Even though Ir. Soekarno is well known as a great leader and a great orator, he ever did a corruption which caused him to be overthrown from his era in Indonesia. Corruption which he did is proclaiming himself as a lifetime President of Indonesia. Based on the previous constitution of Indonesia, this action is defying the constitution itself where Republic of Indonesia first is proclaimed as a Republic, and by changing into having a single leader for a lifetime means that Indonesia won’t be a Republic anymore, but Indonesia become a capitalism country. Indonesia have law number UU 31/1999 and UU 8/2010 money laundering, its about the corruption and money laundering. Based on World Justice Project Survey as I research, Indonesia placed in the 47th place among 65 other countries in the world which are researched, but in South East Asia, Indonesia placed as the first for the most corrupt country. The rating was ranged from 0 until 10, 0 for the worst and 10 as the most corruption-clear. Indonesia placed as the most corrupt country by point of 0.46 and it was followed by Philippine with the point of 0.5, the most corrupt-clear country in the South East Asia is Singapore with the point of 0.91. This research was involving 66,000 respondent and 2,000 experts. The latest corruption news which discussed in the meantime is the bribing of 3