TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Deputy Chairman Adnan Pandu Praja expressed his hope that Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) as the largest civil society organisation in the country would produce leaders that support corruption eradication, he said on Saturday, August 1, 2015.
Pandu attended the opening of the 33rd NU Congress in Jombang, East Java, that will be held until August 5, 2015. He said, if congress results are related to the eradication of corruption then all members and sympathizers of NU will follow.
"I hope this congress provides a solution for the nation to be free from corruption," said Pandu at the congress opening on Saturday.
Pandu said the eradication of corruption in Indonesia need the support of the whole society. “There had been no decline [in the number of corruption cases], the seeds of corruption tend to exist in almost all aspects of the state’s life."
During the congress, NU will discuss and establish religious thematic issues, related to government policies, and society. They also will choose a Rais Am (the highest leader of the organisation) and a new chairman.
NU was opened by the President Joko Widodo on Saturday evening. In his speech, Jokowi asserted that NU has made a major contribution in the life of the nation which is based on religious and nationalist values.
Jokowi believed that NU and Indonesia could be the world’s reference on building a civil society. He said, with NU’s attitude that promotes a humane, open forum, nahdliyin (NU members) are instrumental in building an open, democratic, and fair world society.
LINDA TRIANITA