Cleaning Up the 'Country Within a Country'
Tuesday, August 7, 2001
The presidential aid scheme will remain a source of graft unless the mechanism is transparent. An audit by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) shows irregularities in this scheme.
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While former President Abdurrahman Wahid was sustaining attacks from every direction in February this year, the presidential secretariat bought 18 Kijang vans at a total of Rp2.4 billion for its higher- and lower-ranking officials. Controversies and strong reactions from mixed circles ensued as the money had come from the presidential aid account. Some people cynically queried whether Wahid's was a reform-minded administration.
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