Dessy Sagita – Indonesia's outspoken Constitutional Court Chief Mahfud M.D. did the unthinkable on Thursday – he admitted that he had run out of ideas about how to save Indonesia from corruption.

Mahfud, who has consistency angered legislators and government officials with his comments condemning corruption – most recently saying that convicted corruptors be humiliated by being held in a special 'zoo' – said he no longer knew what to say about corruption and government bureaucracy.

He also lashed out at former activists or academics who became corrupt after coming to power. "The people who used to talk about corruption, the academics and NGO activists who used to protest, after becoming leaders, they ended up in jail because of corruption,"

Speaking at the University of Indonesia, the respected leader said Indonesia's corrupt bureaucracy impacted on the business climate. "Why do so many businesspeople bribe? Because the bureaucrats demand to be bribed."

He said that even though a number of presidents had come and gone, he said Indonesia's "complicated and dirty" bureaucracy remained unchanged. "Let's stop coming up with theories," he said. "It is better to act directly, if someone abuses their bureaucratic authority, I'll finish [them]."