President Joko Widodo must hold a firm stance against the national police's plan to form a special anti-corruption detachment, a rash initiative that will only eat up the state budget. There is no way to guarantee that the new force will be able to expose and handle mega corruption cases given the lack of significant authority.

To start with, it is a hastily thought-out plan. The idea supported by the House of Representatives' (DPR) legal commiss