Anti-corruption reform in indonesia

An obituary

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8416668
AutoresSimon Butt (0000-0001-5596-3806, The University of Sydney, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen47
Número3
Páginas381-394
Fecha de publicación2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-4918 • E-ISSN: 1472-7234
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00074918.2011.619051
OpenAlexW2085788466
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas24
Referencias citadas5

Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Court had until recently convicted all the defendants brought before it by the Corruption Eradication Commission. Many of these were well-known and politically powerful figures. Yet both the Court and the Commission are under threat. Between February and October 2011, the Anti-Corruption Courts issued more than 20 acquittals, and on 11 October 2011, for the first time, a defendant prosecuted by the KPK itself was acquitted. This article traces the history of the Court and the Commission and explains why their fall may be imminent. Both institutions have been the targets of efforts to discredit and hobble them, apparently orchestrated by people the Commission has investigated. If the current trend continues, the Anti-Corruption Court and the Corruption Eradication Commission may soon join the growing list of Indonesia's failed anti-corruption initiatives

Commission · Language change · Political science · Corruption and Economic Development · Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies · Law · Legal and Policy Analysis in Indonesia · Public Administration