Economics Free From Corruption
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Gajah Mada, Yogyakarta held a national seminar,”Ekonomi Bebas Korupsi” yesterday, October 16th 2010. This seminar was attended by Bibit Samad Rianto (Chief of KPK), Rimawan Pradiptyo (FEB UGM lecturer), Anggito Abimanyu (FEB UGM lecturer), Yanuar Rizky (ICW analyst), Hanta Yudha (Indonesian Institute).
This seminar was exchanging the idea of facing corruption, especially in Indonesia. People with lots of enthusiasm exchanged ideas of facing and fighting corruption. The speakers also provided a lot of information and data of corruption cases in Indonesia, and also their ideas of fighting them.
Rimawan Pradiptyo, gave his idea of making a new institution that supervise and watch the financial of government and private institutions, without any intervention from government. This institution could be a control power for other institutions.
Anggito Abimanyu also exchange the idea of how the corruption happened in the Indonesian bureaucracy. How members of the house of representatives tried to corrupt with a good way. How those members of house of representatives got elected with money, and return they had to give political easiness to those who has supported them.
Yanuar Rizky as the last speaker, gave the idea of corruption from his point of view as a stock market analyst. As he provided the data to the audience, he talked about “insider trading” that happened in Indonesia and other countries. He showed how people with information get money out of themselves.
While there are many more from others speakers as I couldn’t write them all, the seminar was very interesting and educating. Opening the minds of the audiences of what happened in Indonesia.
Last but not least, I hope this seminar and other things that helps people to fight corruption to be held again at other times, as long as corruption still exist in the world.
Aditya Mahar
*Ps: I am sorry for my mistakes of writing names,etc; and also limited info
