Golkar in opposition?<\/p>\n
In the midst of the recent agitation over the use by the House
\nof Representatives right of interpellation -- which Golkar also
\nsupported -- the party's chairman Akbar Tanjung announced that
\nGolkar was ready to go into opposition.<\/p>\n
The word "ready" has given the public reason to sneer at the
\nidea as it is perceived to reflect Golkar's forever-wavering
\ncharacter. Now it hesitates to go into opposition, yet it is also
\nhesitant to stay in the Cabinet.<\/p>\n
It is this inherent nature of Golkar that has prevented Gus
\nDur's (President Abdurrahman Wahid's) Cabinet from performing
\nsatisfactorily -- a failure which Akbar has strongly criticized.
\nIt is this character, too, that made Golkar willing to be used as
\nthe New Order's political vehicle for more than three decades.<\/p>\n
Golkar needs to go through a period of attrition -- a period
\nin which to say mea culpa to the Indonesian public. Without the
\ncourage to admit its errors of the past, Golkar will remain
\nutterly vulnerable to the public's antipathy.<\/p>\n
-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/golkar-in-opposition-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }