Reality Checks

September 16, 2008

IDUL Fitri this year will be quite different for some members of the House of Representatives. It will not be because they are likely to receive far fewer parcels or because there will not be as many “friendship bank transfers” as last year. This is because their guilty consciences cannot—like it or not—leave them alone.

No matter how well a corpse is wrapped, says the proverb, the stink will emerge in the end. Therefore, when the Financ

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