Furthermore, some parliament members committed a series of crimes and unethical behaviors, such as murder, sexual abuse, embezzlement of state fund money and illegal grant of natural resource permits, which caused harm to the reputation of the legislature, supreme branch of government and decline in the public confidence.
It has been revealed that 27 members of parliament, through their acquaintances and related companies, had acquired 1,170 tenders. If you look at the details of statistics on the MPs elected in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016, 42 parliament members have possessed more than one special permits (licenses) through their associates and related entities. The last parliament had 18 members, possessing mining licenses, which is a record number. 18 is a number almost sufficient for establishing two parliamentary factions. Special permits that trace back to parliament members total to 230. This means there are 5.3 permits for each parliament members, which is much higher than the country average for each entity.