Regional Wrongs

Provincial and local chief executives are salaried employees of the state. They should not be allowed to accept gratuities from such institutions as the Regional Development Bank.

February 3, 2010

HOME Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi must push for a unified approach to fighting the war against corruption. His statement allowing provincial and local chief executives to receive payments from the Regional Development Bank was wrong and threatens to result in negative repercussions. This is just one way for the regional officials to come up with questionable ways to increase their incomes.

So far, gratuities and extra payments have been seen a

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