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At about 72% of those who surveyed said that corruption holding their country back and
corruption causing the lost opportunities for their generation.

As I said before, these young people have their own way to express themselves due to the rapid
development of technology. If we want to fight the corrupt, we need to bring more allies: the
youth. We need to strengthen their will, making them aware on the corruption modus operandi,
and shield them with integrity.

That is why the inclusion of youth into policy and decision making process is of importance.
As they are integral element to shape the value of tomorrow, we need more young people to
actively engage in anti corruption movement.

But sadly, corruption is also a problem in the current democracy. 75% of millennia generation
think that election and votingare corrupt. Transparency International’s Global Corruption
Barometer 2013 said that there is increasing evidence around the world on the risk of corruption
in political process and within political parties.

It will come in ours a skeptical thoughts in combatting this kind of vicious circle of corruption.
That is the challenge: to fight this kind of vicious circle. We need more parliamentarians who
have integrity and concerned on this kind of matter to fix the system; to make ways to the
system; to rejuvenate it.

We need more laws that strengthen public participation with no discrimination including youth
at all levels of decision-making process, transparency on every kind of public process, laws that
equally protects all and others.

Political institutions should also be strengthened and political parties are no exception. They
should adapt in order to engage more youth as their young political cadre. At the same time, laws
governing political parties, their institution, andsystem of work should also be strengthened to
close the corrupt gap in every aspects.

GOPAC believes that parliament is the fundamental institution of democracy. Parliament
is the heart of law and policy making cycle. GOPAC is working for strengthening integrity,
commitment and capacity of the parliamentarians on anti-corruption issues, of which by itself
it will lead to inclusivity of youth to democracy.

98 I Selected Speeches of the Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia