The Morality Of State Administrators Is A Challenge For The Indonesian Nation

JAKARTA - Executive Director of the SETARA Institute, Halili Hasan revealed that the morality of state administrators in state life will be a tough challenge for the Indonesian nation in the future.

"The increasing practice of KKN that is still happening at this time has made the morality of state administrators a serious challenge for Indonesia, which has been established for 79 years," he said in a written statement, Sunday, September 22, 2024.

According to him, awareness of strengthening the morality of state administrators in state life is important in the midst of major setbacks with the recurrence of corrupt practices, collusion, nepotism, at almost all levels of power.

Moreover, coupled with the strengthening of stereotypes which states that Indonesian human character tends to be hypocritical, reluctant to be responsible, feudal, believing in your body, more concerned with appearance than substance, and weakness.

Halili stated that the stereotypes of this character are still relevant to the current condition of society, which reflects the moral and ethical crisis among the political elite and state administrators. "If the elected elite is a representation of our citizens, then improvements must start from the community itself," he added.

Therefore, he emphasized that control and restriction to power is very important, considering that the rights and freedoms expressed in democracy are often not accompanied by adequate monitoring mechanisms