Dangerous Recommendations
A group of MPs have been pushing hard to roll back the powers of the KPK, the country’s anti-graft body. President Jokowi has two options which will determine his legacy.
September 12, 2017
FOR the first time in the history of Indonesia's anti-corruption movement, we are witnessing the unbridled, audacious lack of shame displayed by the foes of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). This movement, filled with MPs whose names are linked in a number of graft cases, is coming on strong with the kind of boldness driven by a sink-or-swim attitude: a phenomenon that should be closely observed by historians of modern Indonesia.
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