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Stop Stealing from Us:

Tools and Mechanism to

Build Anti-corruption

Prevention System

All countries, especially developing countries including Indonesia, face a problem that is
corruption. Annually, Transparency International publishes global Corruption Perception Index
(CPI) that reveals the rank of each country and the level of corruption in the public sector. Based
on the 2014 data of Transparency International, Indonesia scored 34 in CPI, and ranked 107 out
of 175 countries. In 2013, Indonesia scored 32 in CPI, 32 in 2012, and 30 in 2011. These numbers
show that corruption eradication in Indonesia is slow, nevertheless the CPI score improves.

Cases of corruption also involve those of various backgrounds – bureaucrats (executive body),
members of the legislative body, judicial, and private sectors. The high number of crimes of
corruption has made this a critical problem for the Indonesian nation and people. Corruption
poses a threat to the nation and civic life, harms national economy and state’s financial condition,
hinders public services and has impact on poverty, social justice, and social welfare.

Repressive actions have been taken incessantly by agencies responsible to handle corruption
cases, namely the Police Force, the Prosecutor, and the Corruption Eradication Commission
(KPK). However, even with continuous enforcement efforts, perpetrators or potential
perpetrators of corruption are not deterred. This is evident from the increasing number of
cases of corruption. This also means that we need other measures to eradicate corruption. A
part of corruption eradication that has not received enough attention is prevention. Until now,
preventing corruption has not been considered a strategic step in eradicating corruption.

Selected Speeches of the Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia I 39