Politics in Jerebu`u

Even the Kepala Desa, elected leader of Deri Vali village, agreed to this view on politics. He had run for election without connection to any political party, as a neutral candidate.

This view on politics may be a contributing factor in this distancing Jerebu’u even further away from the political powers/centres like Bajawa on the district level, Kupang on the province level, and Jakarta on the national level. When people don’t know their rights and show no interest in finding out, combined with the general lack of transparency, it may give good terms for KKN, corruption, collusion and nepotism to grow.

However, in Jerebu’u there were signs of transparency. Official offices had signposts outside noting how money had been spent. And the Church announced during Sunday Mass what had been given in the collect of last Sunday, and donations given during the previous week.

In a discussions we had with the local leaders, they seemed very eager to understand how we could have total transparency in Norway. They were curious to know how a system with transparency, where everyone who wants can get an insight, actually works.

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