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Senior officials told to sign anti-graft pact JAKARTA, Sunday (AFP) Indonesia's newly elected president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has told all top government officials they have to sign an anti-graft pact that includes sanctions for violations, a report said Sunday. Yudhoyono made tackling widespread corruption one of the priorities of his government when he was sworn in last week. The ministers appointed to his new cabinet have already signed the anti-corruption pact. The president now wants officials in the top two levels of government to put their names to the document, Coordinating Minister Alwi Shihab was quoted by the Pikiran Rakyat as saying. "They have to sign the political contract. That is in line with the order of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who had already applied this to his ministers," Shihab said. Corruption, seen as a major disincentive to badly needed foreign investors, is widespread throughout Indonesia. Global watchdog Transparency International last week named the country as one of the world's most corrupt. |
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