Indonesia Executive order puts graft fight at stake / Ensuring Integrity in the Government's Response to COVID-19 / Now is the perfect time to expand the role of compliance officers

(Indonesia) Perppu on COVID-19 aid puts graft fight at stake. “As the House of Representatives prepares to pass an executive order that will expand the government’s authority to allocate emergency coronavirus spending, legal experts warn that the new regulation would be a blow to the country’s fight against corruption. (…) Violla Reininda, a constitutional law expert of judicial and constitution watchdog Kode Inisiatif, said the impunity given to state officials would protect them from any graft charges stipulated in the 2001 Corruption Law, as well as overriding judicial authorities as stipulated in the Constitution.” 

 

Galih Gumelar / The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/05/11/perppu-on-covid-19-aid-puts-graft-fight-at-stake.html 

 

Ensuring Integrity in the Government's Response to COVID-19 (guidance note). "This note provides guidance on addressing and mitigating corruption risks in the COVID-19 response, both in the initial response and in the medium term. Over time, and as we learn more about the impact and effectiveness of responses to the crisis, it will be essential to adjust anticorruption efforts to support new governance arrangements and give greater attention to addressing impunity for misbehavior, as well as to shaping norms and standards that affect public sector performance and behavior. The note identifies the broad areas of government response where corruption risks are present and heightened in the context of a pandemic emergency, describes the types of risks that are likely to arise, and provides recommendations for addressing and mitigating them." 

  

World Bank Group: http://bit.ly/AC4COVID19 

 

 

Now is the perfect time to expand the role of compliance officers (opinion). “There is another important reason why compliance should be tasked with taking on broader responsibility for risk and crisis management in a company. Having a clear and solid risk and compliance framework is non-negotiable for corporations, and Covid-19 will put this under an even greater stress test. But at the end, it is the ethical dimension of risk taking which makes the difference and shapes the reputation of a corporation.” 

 

Dr. Klaus Moosmayer / FCPA Blog: https://fcpablog.com/2020/05/11/now-is-the-perfect-time-to-expand-the-role-of-compliance-officers/