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This isn’t about painting tired caricatures of corrupt politicians; it’s about recognizing that all candidates—honest or otherwise—are playing the same rigged game. Instead of just blaming the players, we need to start working to change the rules. Politicians need money to get their message out to the voters; the real question is, where should they be getting...
...TIME: Indonesia ranks as one of the world's most corrupt countries, and one of the most difficult places to do business. How will you tackle these problems? YUDHOYONO: We have to eradicate corruption structurally and culturally. I've told the police and the Attorney General that any corruption cases once held up should be started again. My own office and those of the Vice President, the ministers and the provincial governors need to be seen as clean and corruption-free. I've asked that the same steps be taken at the provincial-government level. I've also asked...
...TIME: Indonesia ranks as one of the world's most corrupt countries, and also one of the most difficult places to do business. How will you deal with these problems? SBY: The eradication of corruption will be my priority over the next five years. We have to eradicate it structurally and culturally. I've ordered the police and the attorney-general that any corruption cases once held up be started again. I've also asked that preventative steps be put in place at all levels of government and that my office, the vice-president, ministers and governors be seen...
...example, because VoIP is illegal there. The established phone companies have something of a monopoly on the telecommunications sector, and they don’t appreciate Internet service providers entering into their business arena and interrupting their revenue streams. At first, this seems like a typical third-world-corrupt-government sort of challenge: Because the prime minister’s third cousin owns the phone company, say, competitors find their leases suddenly expiring and their power being shut off without explanation...
...this latest fight, Spitzer is again crusading against the system. Last week's suit outlines Marsh's deals with several big insurers, suggesting that price fixing and kickbacks may be widespread in the industry. "When you corrupt a market as the insurance carriers and brokers have by permitting cartel-like behavior, prices go up," says Spitzer. He has issued dozens of subpoenas targeting companies like Aon, Willis Group Holdings and, as was disclosed last week, MetLife. Two executives at AIG and one from insurance company Ace, which were mentioned in the Marsh suit, pleaded guilty to charges last week...