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        "id": 1234614,
        "msgid": "responsibility-of-the-vice-president-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-12-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "Responsibility of the Vice President",
        "author": null,
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Responsibility of the Vice President From Kompas Ever since President Megawati Soekarnoputri led her Cabinet into office about a year and a half ago, the role of Hamzah Haz as Vice President has been outstanding. Almost every day he makes a statement on a wide range of issues in the country. Just imagine, if on average he made four statements a week, then in one year he would have made 224 statements, whereas President Megawati Soekarnoputri has scarcely spoken.",
        "content": "<p>Responsibility of the Vice President<\/p>\n<p>From Kompas<\/p>\n<p>Ever since President Megawati Soekarnoputri led her Cabinet<br>\ninto office about a year and a half ago, the role of Hamzah Haz<br>\nas Vice President has been outstanding. Almost every day he makes<br>\na statement on a wide range of issues in the country. Just<br>\nimagine, if on average he made four statements a week, then in<br>\none year he would have made 224 statements, whereas President<br>\nMegawati Soekarnoputri has scarcely spoken.<\/p>\n<p>The substance of the Vice President&apos;s statements has taken on<br>\nissues that should be under the authority of three Cabinet<br>\nministers, namely the coordinating minister for political and<br>\nsecurity affairs, the coordinating minister for the economy and<br>\nthe coordinating minister for the peoples&apos; welfare.<\/p>\n<p>It is these three ministers who should be making statements in<br>\ntheir respective area of responsibility, not the Vice President.<br>\nAlso, other state officials are given the task to make statements<br>\nwithin his or her jurisdiction. For example, it is the<br>\nresponsibility of the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br>\nto speak out on the raids conducted on Indonesian citizens living<br>\nin Australia by the local police and intelligence agency. This is<br>\nto avoid confusion or even contradiction in addressing the issues<br>\nbeing handled.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Vice President is the number two figure in the<br>\ncountry, according to the 1945 Constitution, the Vice President<br>\nis the President&apos;s assistant, and thus has the same level of<br>\nauthority as the other ministers.<\/p>\n<p>So what really is the responsibility of Vice President Hamzah<br>\nHaz? Given the above criteria, the Vice President should be<br>\nassigned the task of supervising the execution of development<br>\nprograms as was shouldered by former vice president Try Sutrisno.<\/p>\n<p>B. MUNADJAD, Jakarta<\/p>",
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