It seems as if Senayan parliamentary representatives' faces are showing an increasing afterglow. Their piggy banks are also increasingly expanding. This is the picture of politicians' wealth announced in the Audit Commission on State Officials' Wealth (KPKPN). In general, their wealth has ballooned in the last two years.

When compared with the Suharto era, parliamentary members' wages have doubled. They now pocket a `clean' Rp12 million. But, this ri