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        "msgid": "rational-politicians-needed-to-save-the-nation-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-05-31 00:00:00",
        "title": "'Rational politicians' needed to save the nation",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "'Rational politicians' needed to save the nation JAKARTA (JP): An observer opined that \"rational politicians\" were needed to save the nation by compromising during the inevitable People's Consultative Assembly special session. \"The rationality of the political elite is the only condition needed to realize a welfare state by using their political power until the end of the current administration in 2004,\" economic and political expert Faisal Basri said during a discussion on Wednesday.",
        "content": "<p>'Rational politicians' needed to save the nation<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): An observer opined that \"rational politicians\"<br>\nwere needed to save the nation by compromising during the<br>\ninevitable People's Consultative Assembly special session.<\/p>\n<p>\"The rationality of the political elite is the only condition<br>\nneeded to realize a welfare state by using their political power<br>\nuntil the end of the current administration in 2004,\" economic<br>\nand political expert Faisal Basri said during a discussion on<br>\nWednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said that whoever leads the nation, the political elite<br>\nshould use the time before the next general election to focus on<br>\nstrengthening political and economic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\"So, even if in the future we have a dopey president it will<br>\nnot be a problem like the one we are now facing,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Faisal, who was the National Mandate Party (PAN) secretary-<br>\ngeneral before resigning his post, also suggested a collaboration<br>\namong political parties to create a win-win solution to the<br>\ncurrent political impasse, which would prevent a setback to the<br>\ncountry's democratization.<\/p>\n<p>He also said there should be a political and social contract<br>\nbetween the executive and legislators to allow the government to<br>\nwork in peace without being interfered with by the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>The country's political situation heated up following the<br>\nHouse of Representatives' plenary session on Wednesday, in which<br>\nmost factions called for a special session of the Assembly to<br>\ndecide the fate of President Abdurrahman Wahid.<\/p>\n<p>The President is accused of violating the Constitution and the<br>\nState Policy Guidelines and of involvement in the State Logistics<br>\nAgency (Bulog) and Brunei financial scandals, which led the House<br>\nto twice censure the President.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Marzuki Darusman, however, declared that<br>\nthere was not enough evidence to implicate Abdurrahman in the two<br>\nfinancial scandals.<\/p>\n<p>A Bandung-based criminal law expert, Pontang Moerad, slammed<br>\nthe attorney general for a lack of transparency in the<br>\nquestioning of the President over the two financial scandals.<\/p>\n<p>\"Marzuki announced that Gus Dur had been questioned seven days<br>\n(after the questioning). This has resulted in speculation,\" he<br>\nsaid, referring to the President by his nickname.<\/p>\n<p>He also criticized the Attorney General's Office for<br>\nannouncing that there was insufficient evidence to implicate<br>\nAbdurrahman in the two cases days before the House's plenary<br>\nsession opened.<\/p>\n<p>\"Is it a legal or political matter?\" he asked. (bby\/23\/25)<\/p>",
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