How to Bring Systemic Corruption into Demise

 By:

Armand Arief Sim (2009)

Final-year student of Department of Economics FEUI and

Chairman of BOE FEUI

Corruption is a notorious economic phenomenon. Indeed, its degree would be so much worse when public servants are the doers on the grounds that when they are fond of doing corruption thing, public interests are distorted. This hypothesis seems to meet reality in the case of so many retarded developing countries, including Indonesia. It’s deemed that corruption is the culprit of stagnancy or even deteriorating Indonesian economic growth and development.

“Why The House Should Worry”

By:

Armand Arief Sim (2010)

Teaching Staff at University of Indonesia’s School of Economics

 

In any nation, people’s welfare is a very important element that can guarantee life of a nation. When people are economically or politically threatened and becoming uncomfortable with the whole situation, a nation’s stability stands at the edge. Indonesia is rife with the evidence. Soekarno did not expect what he got when people were anxious of communism plus found financial difficulties to eat; the late President Soeharto was thrown away when people got fed up with corruption plus financial crisis started to break. It is no wonder if people’s comfort ranks top at the list of priorities for Indonesian government to pursue. However, no matter how hard they try, they will not succeed if people have no trust on them and see them not credible at all. In democratic nation like Indonesia, government is not the only one seeking trust from people. There are other guys in parliament building: the House of Representatives. In the last few months The House has been trying to accumulate some trust from people and to develop a new image through a tedious drama called Century.

Ironi Pengamat

Oleh:

Rachmad Satriotomo (2010)

Asisten Peneliti Institute for Sustainable Reform (INSURE), Jakarta dan Sivitas Akademika FEUI

Tulisan ini dibuat sebagai tanggapan atas opini Achmad Deni Daruri di Republika (08/04/10). Untuk baca klik disini.

Pada Republika (Kamis, 8/04), saudara Achmad Deni Daruri menulis opini dengan judul “Institusi Pajak Kementerian Tersendiri”. Menurut penulis, opini saudara Achmad Deni Daruri tersebut agak kacau logikanya, bukan karena penulis tidak sependapat, melainkan karena penulis tidak mengerti alur berpikir saudara Achmad Deni Daruri. Dari opini saudara Achmad Deni Daruri tersebut kita bisa mengambil pelajaran bahwa pengamat harus berhati-hati dalam mengeluarkan pendapatnya.