THIS is unacceptable that the Anti-Corruption Commission has not yet investigated the affidavits that the candidates submitted before the 12th national elections held on January 7. The affidavits showed an abnormal increase in wealth of most of the former lawmakers and ministers. Candidates in national and local elections are required to submit affidavits with eight kinds of information in keeping with a 2005 High Court ruling. While most candidates tend to conceal their wealth and many understate the value of their assets, the affidavits adequately show an abnormal increase in wealth. The affidavits showed that incomes and wealth of many candidates, especially those rerunning for the position of the member of parliament, had increased by 200鈥�8,000 per cent. Such an abnormal