The humanitarian principles of Mahatma Gandhi could be an effective cure for corruption in Indonesia, Vice President Boediono says.
Speaking at the 143rd anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, Boediono categorized corruption as the embodiment of greed, one of those human depravities long fought by Gandhi.
“Remember Mahatma’s words, that ‘There is enough in the world for everybody's need, but not enough for anybody's greed’. These words ring true as we witness the social cost of corruption,” he said at the Gandhi Memorial International School in Kemayoran, Jakarta, on Tuesday night.
He said that when people plundered society’s common assets, citizens’ sense of mutual trust would fall into precariousness
Public distrust has indeed emerged in Indonesia as the nation’s largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) recommended a tax boycott proposal during its national meeting on Sept. 15.
NU clerics said the civil disobedience campaign was an effort to curb the massive irregularities in collection, management and use of taxes. The proposal came after bribery cases involving several tax officials, such as Gayus Tambunan and Dhana Widyatmika, made headlines.
The Vice President went on to say, “And we all know that without mutual trust, without what they call ‘the social capital’, a nation can rarely progress and is likely to fail.”
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