IT is not right for the members of the House of Representatives (DPR) to threaten to cut back the budget of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), or to block its increase. This statement should be condemned, especially if it is based on the DPR’s dissatisfaction with the performance of the KPK in following up the DPR’s recommendations over the Bank Century case.

The politicians seem to have forgotten, or pretended to forget, that the