Stories about members of the House of Representatives (DPR) messing around with budgets and asking for money from executives of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are nothing new. But when it was raised by a cabinet minister, it caught the public,s attention. People are aware that such behavior among the lawmakers is common, not restricted to just a few.

Dahlan Iskan, the minister who oversees hundreds of SOEs, opened a Pandora,s box when he claimed