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Keynote Addresses xxiiiConvention Against Corruption (UNCAC) was also part of the ActionPlan. I am pleased that in March last year the House of Representativesratified UNCAC. The ratification is a milestone for Indonesiaand it will require us to revise our current anti-corruption legislationto bring it in line with the requirements of the Convention.We also need to revise the Law on KPK on the basis of a rulingby the Constitutional Court requiring that the Anti-Corruption Courtbe established by a separate law and not, as today, by the Law onKPK, and that all corruption cases go to one court. The ongoingrevision of our anti-corruption legislation thus provides a window ofopportunity to further strengthen and improve our anti-corruptionpolicies. I am pleased that, in recent years, law enforcement agenciesincluding KPK have made important achievements. KPK, forexample, has established itself as a main vehicle for converting ourjoint endeavor to fight corruption into concrete actions with sustainableoutcomes. While KPK initially focused on punitive measures, itnow also focuses on its important preventive mandate given by theLaw on KPK and reinforced by UNCAC.Ladies and gentlemen, it is clear that eradicating corruption isa complex and even sometimes dangerous duty. We in Indonesia,at some point, have felt this. At its initial stage, our anti-corruptionmeasures create fear, slow down development processes, and affectthe Government’s ability to deliver. The long-term challenge here isto build on and improve our quality of governance. To do this, weneed to focus on the continued reform of Indonesia’s crosscuttinggovernment functions. These include areas such as public expenditure,revenue and asset management, and the regulatory process.Other important areas are the preparation of high-quality regulatoryinstruments and the effective implementation and enforcement ofenacted legislation and better human resource and financial managementsystems for the civil service.We also need to continue intensifying our awareness-raisingcampaigns and civic education activities even in these early formativeyears. We need to improve transparency to widen access for andenable the media to fulfill their important role in fighting corruption.And we need to implement the fundamentals and internationallyaccepted anti-corruption concepts and standards. It is true that wemust effectively build our own system against corruption and tirelesslyrefine our own anti-corruption policies. But we can learn fromcountries that have a positive record in fighting corruption.ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific