IMF a cold-blooded strangler<\/p>\n
From Pikiran Rakyat<\/p>\n
I would like to refer to a report in Pikiran Rakyat, dated
\nFeb. 6, 2001 entitled IMF worried about Indonesia's increasingly
\ninflated debts. Commenting on it, Rizal Ramli stated that
\nIndonesia had to limit our foreign loans, including those signed
\nby our regional governments now under regional autonomy policy,
\nbecause they were afraid that we will not be able to pay up.<\/p>\n
Is it true that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants us
\nto limit our foreign loans because they are afraid that we will
\nnot be able to pay up? Or, was the IMF only courteous, because
\nthey indeed have a political interest? And how do Muslims get rid
\nof their foreign loan trap?<\/p>\n
The IMF is a body which has the authority to supervise lending
\ncountries that are unable to settle their debts. The IMF
\nfunctions as the financial police for creditor countries, and
\nignores the one country one vote system. In the IMF, the strength
\nof a country's vote is determined by the strength of its economy
\nand paid capital.<\/p>\n
Developing countries like Indonesia must obey the IMF. It is
\nthe IMF which demanded that the government cut the granting of
\nsubsidies for fuel, electricity, and others, which are clearly
\nneeded very much by the people.<\/p>\n
Therefore the IMF is a cold-blooded strangler. We have
\nwitnessed so much suffering caused by the IMF and the obedience
\nof authorities to capitalistic countries that are led by the
\nUnited States of America (USA) through their international
\ninstitutions.<\/p>\n
Will Muslims not learn from the greediness of the USA and
\nother capitalistic countries that are never satisfied with
\ndominating Islamic countries rich in natural sources, and then
\nsnare us with their foreign loans?<\/p>\n
Muslims should observe how the USA and capitalistic countries
\nthrough the IMF and their World Bank press and force us in their
\ninterests and ideologies by relating their foreign loans to the
\nissues of human rights, democracy, transparency, reform, the
\nenvironment, labor etc. which actually have nothing to do with
\nforeign loans.<\/p>\n
DEWI<\/p>\n
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