A Huge Source of Corruption

The government must act against ministers who still control non-budgetary funds. All funds must be paid into the Finance Department.

April 17, 2007

THE Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Department should not behave like Santa Claus. But this is what has happened, judging by the report on the use of non-budgetary funds between 2002 and 2004. The Department paid out funds on hundreds of different occasions—on top of its own needs—to various people. Many “enjoyed” this generosity: from mosque-building committees and House of Representatives (DPR) members to members of presidential campaign t

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