Commemorating World Anti-Corruption Day, Attorney General: Corruption Obstructs National Progress

Attorney General S.T. Burhanuddin. BETWEEN/HO-Puspenkum AGO/AM.

JAKARTA - Regarding the commemoration of World Anti-Corruption Day which is commemorated every December 9, the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia, ST Burhanuddin, reiterated that corrupt behavior creates ignorance and poverty and can hinder the progress of the nation.

"Eradication of corruption is part of the state and government's strategy to advance programs to educate the nation's life and the country's progress," said Burhanuddin in his statement in Jakarta, Saturday.

He hopes that the commemoration will be used as a milestone to fight corruption with various modes that are increasingly sophisticated, modern, and increasingly suffering the Indonesian people.

The Attorney General advised all parties to build an anti-corruption spirit, starting from the closest environment, namely family, then institutions and the state.

According to him, reported by ANTARA, Saturday, December 9, the family as the front line rejects the results of corruption, institutions as institutions to clean up diseases and culture of corruption, and countries that will provide prosperity in the context of the progress of the nation and state.

"The Prosecutor's Office as an element of law enforcement, will not be able to run alone without cooperation and collaboration with the public to dare to report criminal acts of corruption around its environment," he asserted.

Burhanuddin stated that the priority of eradicating corruption was directed at quality corruption, both in terms of numbers, the impact on the lives of many people and perpetrators, so that the handling of corruption cases was on a large scale.

"This not only creates a deterrent effect for perpetrators, but also the return of state losses can be used for the benefit of community development," he concluded.