Cempaka Business and Economy: Indonesian Lawmakers Stall on Financial Disclosure

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Indonesian Lawmakers Stall on Financial Disclosure

Jakarta Globe, July 16, 2010, Armando Siahaan

Indonesia Corruption Watch says the unacceptably high number of legislators from the House of Representatives who have failed to return their personal wealth reports highlights the lack of will to fight graft. (Antara Photo)

Whether it’s because of negligence or a malicious intent to hide something, the failure of more than a hundred lawmakers to comply with the law and submit their personal wealth reports is unacceptable, antigraft activists said on Friday.

Fahmi Badoh, who leads the political corruption division of Indonesia Corruption Watch, said the tardiness indicates that there are lawmakers who fail to show a strong commitment in the country’s fight against corruption.

“This depicts how our politicians feel like they are immune to the law,” he said.

Or worse, he said, some lawmakers may have deliberately not filed reports in order to hide illegal or questionable assets. “We have seen a lot of corruption cases that took place in the House.”

The criticism comes days after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said 127 out of 560 lawmakers had yet to report their assets. The reports are due within two months of taking office. Lawmakers took office last October. According to the KPK, the Democratic Party had 42 tardy lawmakers, Golkar 27 and the National Mandate Party (PAN) 26.

“Unfortunately, there are no criminal sanctions [stipulated in the law] against them,” Fahmi said. “Right now, all [the KPK does] is just warn.”

Fahmi said that there should be concrete repercussions against such tardiness, as covering up personal assets could be a strong indication of a financial crime.

“[Criminal sanctions] should be included in the anti-corruption law,” he said.

At the very least, he said, there should be an in-house punishment mechanism within the House. “The House Honorary Council needs to be given more authority to punish because these lawmakers are perceivably damaging the honor of the [legislature]” Fahmi said.

House and party leaders should also push legislators to be more responsible in wealth asset reporting, he added.

Max Sopacua, deputy chairman of the Democratic Party, claimed lawmakers still had until July 21 to file reports. “Our party had instructed us all to report it as soon as possible,” he said.

Many new lawmakers needed time to become familiarized with the practice, he said. “Besides, we were very busy in the last recess visiting our constituents.”

Taufik Kurniawan, the House deputy speaker from PAN, denied that lawmakers from his party have been tardy, and that most members have yet to submit their reports because they were going to submit them collectively.

Tjahjo Kumolo, chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), said that some PDI-P lawmakers’ reports had to be returned to be corrected.

“And we had instructed them to return it as soon as possible to be forwarded to the antigraft commission,” Tjahjo said.

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