Indonesia graft suspects vaccinated / EITI disclosure for anti-corruption / COVID-19 vaccine transparency

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Anger as graft suspects, lawmakers’ families get vaccinated.  “The [Corruption Eradication Commission] is currently holding 61 graft suspects in detention centers at and near its headquarters in South Jakarta. According to the commission’s statement, 39 detainees received their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, including former Cabinet ministers Juliari Batubara and Edhy Prabowo.”

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano/The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2021/02/28/anger-as-graft-suspects-lawmakers-families-get-vaccinated.html   

 

How Can Anticorruption Actors Use EITI Disclosures? (Report). “As the [Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative] considers how it can more effectively play a role in addressing corruption, the authors of this report aim to shed light on how EITI’s current reporting can help oversight actors understand and address corruption risks…Based on a review of EITI documents from 17 countries, the authors identify trends in how reporting presents corruption-related information”

National Resource Governance Institute: https://resourcegovernance.org/analysis-tools/publications/how-can-anticorruption-actors-use-eiti-disclosures 

 

COVID-19 Vaccine Transparency.  “Corruption risks vary from a lack of transparency over the prices paid for COVID-19 vaccines by governments and the confidentiality of those contracts with drug companies to broader issues of access that affect who gets vaccinated and when.”

Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/news/covid-19-vaccine-transparency  

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