Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Indonesia made disappointing progress in the fight against corruption in 2010, according to researchers at Gadjah Mada University's Center for Anticorruption Studies (Pukat) in Yogyakarta.

Pukat researcher Danang Kurniadi said political interests continued to hinder the nation's fight against corruption throughout 2010. "That is why we called 2010 an insignificant year for corruption eradication," Danang said.

Apart from naming 26 legislators from the previous legislative term as suspects in the bribery scandal related to the election of Miranda S. Goeltom as a senior deputy governor of Bank Indonesia, no other large-scale corruption case received adequate attention, according to a report issued by the center.

"It's not an exaggeration to say that corruption eradication in 2010 was very disappointing," Danang said.

High public expectations went unfulfilled, he said, likening the nation's fight against corruption to a soap opera, wherein the same stories and actors were recycled regularly.

"Everything looks good at the beginning, but there's never a satisfying ending," he said.

Pukat director Zainal Arifin Mochtar agreed, saying that the problem with the nation's corruption eradication efforts was a lack of will from the government.

"This is an acute disease. If we have the capability but lack the will we will never be able to deal with it," Zainal said. He added he was concerned and frightened about the chances for anticorruption efforts in 2011.

An early-warning system was needed to prevent a recurrence of problems from 2010 and the emergence of new problems in 2011, he said. "We need a real breakthrough, not just speeches or oral commitments from the government," Zainal said.