JAKARTA - History today, seven years ago, February 27, 2019, the number two presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto, emphasized that corruption in Indonesia was like a stage four cancer. He considers corruption in the era of the Joko Widodo (Jokowi) government to be rampant. Many of his political elites are corrupt.
Previously, Prabowo had repeatedly warned of the prediction that Indonesia would break up. The prediction was revealed because the Jokowi government failed to raise the living standards of the people. Jokowi was considered to have failed in breaking the chain of corrupt practices.
The fight against corruption is a mandate of the reform era. All people want to see no more state officials who steal state money. This condition then gave birth to an anti-corruption institution. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), its name.
The KPK initially went well. The number of arrests of corruptors increased. However, in the Jokowi era, the figure tends to stagnate. The Jokowi government is considered not serious in breaking the chain of corruption. All of this is because many of the political elite are playing.
This view was echoed by Prabowo Subianto. Prabowo considered that the corrupt behavior of the political elite must be stopped from the level of regional heads to ministers. The Chairman of the Gerindra General Assembly saw that corruption had become an extraordinary crime.
The corruption case then made Prabowo believe in the prediction that Indonesia would break up in 2030. The prediction was based on global security issues researcher, PW Singer and August Cole who wrote the thoughts of Indonesia breaking up through the novel Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (2015).
The political elite of the Jokowi era was also highlighted by him. He considers the political elite to be highly educated. However, their behavior is not worth emulating. They like to use their intelligence to fool the people.
This intelligence is used to steal state funds. Prabowo considers the government cannot take corruption lightly. Corruptors must be immediately eradicated.
"Bung! They predict that we will dissolve, our elite feels that 80 percent of the land in the whole country is controlled by one percent of our people, it's okay. That almost all assets are controlled by one percent, it's okay."
"That most of our wealth is taken abroad does not stay in Indonesia, it's okay. This is what destroys our nation, brothers and sisters! The smarter, the higher the position, the more dishonest! The more lazy! The more thief! It's not nice to talk, but there's no time for us to pretend anymore," said Prabowo as the video was uploaded by the Gerindra Party account on its Facebook page, March 19, 2018.
Prabowo's sarcasm regarding the corruption of the Jokowi government's political elite continues to be echoed. Prabowo considers that eradicating corruption should be a government urgency. Prabowo also considers the condition of corruption in Indonesia similar to stage four cancer on February 27, 2019.
Corruption has spread to all levels of government. Corruption carried out by the elite is considered to disrupt the people's livelihood. Alias, poverty in Indonesia can increase. Prabowo also promised that if he is elected in the 2019 presidential election. The severity of corruption will be his main priority.
"If my feeling says that corruption in Indonesia is already stage four, is it true? Corruption has harmed the people. Hey, you who steal the people's money, the people are smart, don't you keep lying to the Indonesian people."
"The determination of our team, we swear we will fight for all Indonesian people. We really don't have money, so you come here to be paid? That's why there are no uniforms that come here with various attributes. We remind you that people cannot be bought, people are getting smarter," said Prabowo at the declaration of support for thousands of TNI-Polri Veterans at the Grand Pacific Hall, Yogyakarta as quoted by the lamankompas.com, February 27, 2019.
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