According to International Transparency (Transparansi Internasional), corruption is a behavior of public functionary wither politician or also public servant, which immoderately and illegally enrich themselves or others who are close to them. The conduct is done by the way of abusing the power of public entrusted to them.
Judicially, the interpretation of “Corruption” is a criminal act as reference to in law and regulation provision regulating criminal acts of corruption. From the law’s point of view, the act of corruption covers several elements as follows :
a. 1. Violates the applicable law.
b. 2.The abuse of authority.
c. 3.Creating losses to state finance and economy.
d. 4.Enrich oneself.
The act of corruption anywhere and anytime would always have special characteristic. The characteristic itself can be various, among others are as follows :
a. 1.Involves multiple choice.
b. 2. Corruption does not only take place among public servants or members of state bureaucracy, but also happen in private sector organizations.
c. 3.Corruption can take form in receiving bribe, ‘coffee money’ and ‘greeting patches’, ‘polish money’, ‘swift money’, either in the form of cash, goods or woman.
d. 4.Generally contains reciprocal obligation and advantage of which is not always in the form of money.
e. 5.Every act of corruption contains deception, usually to the public body or to the society.
f. 6.Every act of corruption violates duty and responsibility norms in public order.
g. 7. In private sector area, corruption can be in the forms of receiving payment of money et cetera. To reveal company’s secret, stealing commission which actually company’s rights.
Corruption in Indonesia has become a culture that has successfully proliferated itself in the community and corrupt acts have been on the increase over the years, both in terms of the number of cases and the losses of the state of the state’s finance, as well as in the terms of how corrupt acts have become more methodic land systemic, as they bore into every aspect of everyday life in Indonesia.
This rampant youth of corruption will wreak havoc not just to Indonesia’s economic life but also to the viability of the nation in general. Corruption is a violation of the social and economic rights of society, and as such should no longer fall under the standard category of merely “crime”, corruption is an extraordinary crime. Therefore the effort to eradicate corruption must no longer be just acting against a criminal act. Corruption must be prosecuted against by extraordinary means.
It is important to know that the law enforcement with regards to the eradication of corruption done conventionally far has been lackluster. In order to improve conditions, we must enchain law, enforcement methods by forming a special agency that will be allowed a wide authority that is independent as well as free from the influence of notorious powers. In the effort of eradicating corruption, the implementation must be done optimally, intensively, effectively, professionally, and continuously. For that reason, Commission for Eradication of Corruption (KPK) is formed.
Based on law Number 30 year 2002, Commission for Eradication of Criminal Act of Corruption, which henceforth is called as KPK is to be a State agency that will perform its duties and authority, free from any and all influence. The KPK is formed with the primary purpose of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of efforts to eradicate criminal acts of corruption.
In the course of performing its tasks and authority, the KPK holds on to principles of :
1. 1. Legal certainly : is principle in the law state which emphasizes legal foundations, propriety, and justice in all the conducting of the KPK’s tasks and authority.
2. 2. Transparency : is a principle of openness towards the rights of the Indonesian society to receive correct, honest, and non discriminative information on the synergy of the KPK in the conducting of its tasks and functions.
