"There need be no more doubt, I will lead the fight to eradicate corruption," President Suharto pledged in a speech to the House of Representatives-Mutual Help (Group??) (DPR-GR) August 17, 1970. The general, who had been president for just two years, stressed that corruption would not be tolerated. It cost the country money, which meant that it cost the people money. It endangered development, was against the law, was immoral and unjust.

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