Open Corruption Judicial Process Initiative (OCJPI)
This system will make judicial institutions more authoritative in the eyes of people. It would also serve a purpose as part of the National Strategy for Corruption Prevention and Eradication which mandates each judicial institution in having an index of law enforcement.
The judicial handling of corruption cases in the public prosecutor office, police institution and court is very closed in nature. The public is not made aware of the way cases are handled including reports, inquiries and investigations, until the case is transferred to court. This means the public does not know how cases develop from start to finish, and even high profile cases, which have been in the media, are often not resolved.
Therefore, because the process is so closed and out of public control, the risk of institutional corruption is very high. This is likely to result in an absence of public trust which will make them ineffective in handling criminal cases, especially corruption. There is a fear that this poor public perception of the due process of law will eventually lead people to fully disregard it, with the potential result in anarchism.
The National Strategy for Corruption Prevention and Eradication, enacted this year, instructs an Index of Law Enforcement as an indicator of success. Information technology is believed as one of priorities to decrease public distrust as a supporting tool to enhance coordination among judicial institutions.
The target group of this initiative are active citizens, anti-corruption activists as well as journalists. It enables them to be more effective and efficient in doing advocacy works on anti corruption. The main beneficiaries of this initiative are: the public in general, law enforcement agencies, anti corruption activists, journalists and the media.
