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GOPAC aims to combat and prevent corruption by strengthening integrity in Parliament.
Since its inception, GOPAC has been actively promoting the role of parliamentarians to make
progress in deterring corruption through various projects and programs. Such as:

Improving parliamentary oversight in the management of development aid and implementing
the SDGs.

Developing technological platform to measure anti- corruption performance of legislators;

Grand corruption campaign;

Strengthening international cooperation in facilitating the asset recovery efforts;

Addressing women in parliament issues.

GOPAC’s programming model uses Global Task Forces (GTFs) to promote agendas identified
by membership through a regionally representative group of parliamentarians that champion
specific issues. As of now, it is currently focusing on 5 areas of Global Task Forces (GTF), which
are;

1. Anti-Money Laundering
2. UN Convention Against Corruption
3. Participation of Society
4. Parliamentary Ethics and Conducts
5. Parliamentary Oversight.

Through its GTFs oversight changes in national parliaments to control corruption, promote
good governance, and hold the Executive more accountable to the people. It is our belief that
fighting corruption can be more effective and taken more seriously if parliamentarians join
together as a group, rather than standing up on its own.

Corruption is the misuse of public power for private gain, which leads many people to suffer. It
is a hindrance to the country’s social and economic development and therefore it is necessary to
strengthen the anti-corruption movement and eradicate corruption as soon as possible.

In this war against corruption, we face great challenges but by collaborating with different
stakeholders and actors, and share our approaches, I believe we can overcome it together.

There is no ‘one size fits all’ strategy in combating corruption. Anti-corruption strategies need a
holistic approach and involve a broad coalition of relevant actors, including government bodies,
parliaments, civil societies, and private sectors. Only though collaborations and partnerships,
or joint efforts, we can eradicate corruption.

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