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        "msgid": "different-reports-cause-confusion-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-01-22 00:00:00",
        "title": "Different reports, cause confusion",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Different reports, cause confusion If you want to maintain peace in your heart and mind, do not read too many newspapers. Stick to one, because this will prevent you from becoming confused and frustrated. I read many dailies, among others The Jakarta Post and Kompas, both of which are reputable newspapers backed by an experienced professional staff. But I was confused when reading an article on \"yellowization\" printed on Jan. 16, 1997.",
        "content": "<p>Different reports, cause confusion<\/p>\n<p>If you want to maintain peace in your heart and mind, do not<br>\nread too many newspapers. Stick to one, because this will prevent<br>\nyou from becoming confused and frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>I read many dailies, among others The Jakarta Post and<br>\nKompas, both of which are reputable newspapers backed by an<br>\nexperienced professional staff. But I was confused when reading<br>\nan article on \"yellowization\" printed on Jan. 16, 1997.<\/p>\n<p>The Jakarta Post reported: \"A high ranking government official<br>\nyesterday criticized the Central Java administration's<br>\ncontroversial policy that orders the painting of objects in<br>\npublic places in Golkar's color of yellow. Director General for<br>\nSocial and Political Affairs Sutoyo N.K. expressed his regret at<br>\nthe scheme, which has created a dispute pitting the Surakarta<br>\nmayoralty against activists of the United Development Party (PPP)<br>\nwhose party color is green. Such problems would have not happened<br>\nif the Central Java Administration had followed the mechanism<br>\nrecommended by the 1974 Law on Regional Government.\" This<br>\ncriticism made Sutoyo the first top official to take a stance<br>\nagainst the policy favoring Golkar.<\/p>\n<p>However Kompas reported: \"I am not blaming the regional<br>\ngovernment of Surakarta nor the PPP regional executives on the<br>\nissue of \"yellowization\", in that region. That is a problem of<br>\nthe regional government of Surakarta and not the Ministry of Home<br>\nAffairs. The \"yellowization\" campaign, which has even declared<br>\nthat every street banner be painted yellow, is affecting a number<br>\nof areas. But Sutoyo explained that every region is an autonomous<br>\narea, where the head of that region has the authority to regulate<br>\nhis area according to Law No. 5, 1974. Sutoyo was not clear on<br>\nwhether there was a special instruction from the Ministry of Home<br>\nAffairs on the \"yellowization\" campaign in the regions prior to<br>\nthe upcoming general elections.\"<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion The Jakarta Post suggested that Sutoyo did not<br>\nagree with the \"yellowization\" campaign and criticized these<br>\nactions, but Kompas, on the other hand, quoted Sutoyo as not<br>\nentirely condemning \"yellowization\".<\/p>\n<p>I am really confused, because two reputable newspapers<br>\nreported different statements presented on the same day by the<br>\nsame official i.e. the Director General of Social and Political<br>\nAffairs of the Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>SOEGIH ARTO<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
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