Indonesian Presidential candidates along with their running mates pose for a group photo after delivering their anti-corruption policies during a dialog held by country's anti-graft agency Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at its headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2024. (Photo:reuters.com) Thepledges of candidates Anies Baswedan, Prabowo Subianto, and Ganjar Pranowo weremade at an unprecedented meeting held by the KPK in Jakarta on January 17.
Atthe meeting, Prabowa appreciated the KPK's multifaceted approach toanti-corruption, including initiatives to raise public awareness, preventivemeasures, and anti-corruption crackdowns. He said that all senior public officials haveto declare their finances truthfully, otherwise they will face the risk ofbeing fired.
Meanwhile,Ganjar highlighted the importance of digitising the financial system to monitortransactions as “cash transactions are difficult to track”. The former governor of Central Java province said that e-budgeting,e-planning for transparency in the bureaucracy help to ensure more effective monitoring.
For his part, Anies, formergovernor of the capital Jakarta, said he will bring Indonesia’s battle againstgraft back on track by strengthening the KPK and revising the law governing theagency.
Indonesia will hold a general election onFebruary 14, 2024. Nearly 205 million voters out of a total of more than 270million people are eligible to cast ballots to choose a successor to PresidentJoko Widodo. If none of the three candidates obtains a majority of votes in thefirst round, a second round will be held in June between the two candidates whoreceive the largest number of votes./.
