Are They Serious To Eradicate Corruption?

It looks like President SBY is very serious to get corruption rid of this country by establishing Anti Mafia Task Force. But I feel terrible when I heard at Metro TV last Thursday morning; Deny Indrayana said that the main task of task force is, first, to raise militancy among public on legal issue and, second, to be dismissed.

Accordingly, he told us that the team is not to solve the problem, eventually to eliminate corruption, but only to make public aware that corruption is bad. What a silly goal!

We remember the previous team of President SBY, Team 8 was to investigate Bibit-Chandra's corruption case. Their recommendation is loud and clear that there is no strong evidence to level charges Bibit-Chandra of bribery. But this recommendation is impotent. The subordinates did not listen to the President-established Team.

Anti Mafia Task Force missed the target and so did Team 8. Does our president still commit to thrashing the corruptors?

The freedom of press prevailed here since reformation era has two sides. First, public know what really happen to Gayus, to Antasari through the news on TV, internet, tweeter, etc. Second, public become disappointed and up in arms seeing that our legal officers not serious to enforce law. Their jobs is very simple: to punish the wrongdoers and to let the good guys free. That is justice.

From Antasari's case there are many evidence remains unanswered. Why did Sigit, as Antasari's close friend, record his conversation with Antasari? Why did also Nasrudin ask his second wife, Rani to do the same? Who is the mastermind forcing them to do so?

Gayus is really bad boy, but in his plea he is upset why the police are hesitative to conduct further investigation on his information? Why is the police so quick and incredible in terrorism war, but so weak in corruption war?

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I strongly believe that President SBY is a good person and clean. However, our country's situation is extraordinary. We really need extraordinary man too.

In a bid to terminate corruption, some of his efforts – establishing teams – should be appreciated, but it is definitely not enough. He let the bad guys rule our country by sadly saying that even though he is a president he cannot intervene the legal matters. It dashes our hope to have the corruption-free country right off the bat.

But he has still 3 years to prove his weak action against corruption wrong.

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