House denies reports of free foodstuff<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The secretary-general's office of the People's
\nConsultative Assembly (MPR) and the House of Representatives
\n(DPR) yesterday denied reports that legislators would distribute
\nfree but limited basic foodstuff today.<\/p>\n
Secretary-General Afif Ma'roef announced that leaflets
\nreporting that House members would distribute basic commodities
\nwere distributed by unscrupulous people and that no social
\nservices were being held within the MPR\/DPR compound on Jl. Gatot
\nSubroto in Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"We ask people not to rely on rumors spread by irresponsible
\npeople and parties which only aim to interfere, disturb and
\nweaken the March 1 to 11 MPR General Session,\" said Afif.<\/p>\n
\"People are asked to calm down and constantly pay attention to
\nofficial government\/institutions' announcements,\" he said.<\/p>\n
According to security officers, copies of the mysterious
\nleaflets, which had the MPR\/DPR seal on top, were widely
\ncirculated yesterday, stating that MPR\/DPR members invited
\nJakartans to go to the MPR\/DPR building to receive free basic
\nfoodstuff.<\/p>\n
The leaflets said people only had to present their Jakarta
\nidentity cards and that free transportation home would be
\nprovided to carry the foodstuff, the officials told The Jakarta
\nPost yesterday.<\/p>\n
The pamphlets stated that each person would receive 10
\nkilograms of rice and five kilograms each of other staple foods.<\/p>\n
Spokesman for the Jakarta Agency for the Coordination of
\nSupport for the Development of National Stability (Bakorstanasda
\nJaya), Lt. Col. DJ. Nachrowi asked people to immediately report
\nto police or other security offices if they found any of the
\nillegal leaflets.<\/p>\n
\"We'll also take stern action against people who copy the
\nleaflets and distribute them to other people,\" said Nachrowi, who
\nis also the Jakarta Military Command's spokesman.<\/p>\n
He said Bakorstanasda Jaya personnel were investigating the
\ncase and trying to trace the source of the leaflets.<\/p>\n
City police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang strongly urged
\npeople not to believe the unsubstantiated leaflets.<\/p>\n
\"The leaflets and the information printed in them are nothing
\nbut rumors,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Please, don't count on it. Just carry on with your activities
\non Monday (today) and don't bother rushing to the House's
\nbuilding, for there will be no free staple foods given away
\nwhatsoever,\" said Aritonang.<\/p>\n
He said his office, as well as other local police stations,
\nhad received calls from dozens of residents all day yesterday,
\nasking whether the police would give free transportation to the
\nMPR\/DPR building and provide coupons for the event.<\/p>\n
\"The leaflets were compiled by irresponsible people who just
\nwanted to create massive chaos by provoking others. How could
\nthey use innocent people by providing them with false
\nexpectations,\" Aritonang said. (jun\/cst)<\/p>",
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