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Greedy Wives To Blame For Corruption
JAKARTA: An Indonesian minister has suggested an unusual reason for the scourge of corruption in the graft- ridden country -- men are just trying to please their greedy wives.
Indonesia has struggled against graft for years, with the country’s vast bureaucracy crippled by corruption and leading public figures, from min- isters to senior judges, jailed for accepting kick- backs.
But rather than taking aim at the grasping offi- cials themselves, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin suggested it was greedy wives who were fuelling corruption.
The wives of the elite in Indonesia are well- known for their love of expensive designer clothes and handbags.
“Corruption is often moti- vated by many things,” he was cited as saying in Kompas newspaper, referring to “extraordi- nary demands” from family members that pushed people to
behave unusually.
“My message is not to demand too many mate- rial things that are out of the ordinary, that would be an outstanding contri- bution by women,” he added.
His comments were not warmly received, with housewife Viona Syavita saying it was unfair to point the finger solely at women. “Don’t just blame wives, that is real- ly too much,” Syavita said.
Saifuddin’s predecessor
as religious affairs minis- ter, Suryadharma Ali, was jailed for six years for corruption earlier this year. One accusation against him was that he helped relatives skip the long waiting list to go on the pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
Indonesia was ranked 88th out of 168 countries and territories in NGO Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index last year. A number one ranking represents the least corrupt. - AFP
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