MINISTER Erick Thohir’s promise to disallow former corruptors to hold any position of directorship or commissionership in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), if carried out with consequence, needs to be appreciated. Yet, reviewing reality thus far, it is easy to pass off this newest vow by the minister as being hypocrisy and a mere Public Relations gimmick.

Erick Thohir made his promise in a webinar on October 25. He promised to make a bl