After failing to obtain state funding for the down payment on their private cars, members of the House of Representatives are pushing the government to include 20 billion rupiah (US$1.5 million) in 'aspiration funds' in next year's state budget essentially a pork-barrel fund that will be distributed among all 560 representatives and used for any development project of their choosing with little or no independent oversight. Kompas - July 1, 2015 |