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        "id": 1117578,
        "msgid": "salt-thrown-into-the-ocean-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-07-09 00:00:00",
        "title": "Salt thrown into the ocean",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Salt thrown into the ocean The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has come again, but nothing has changed. They came with an empty bag. And in its meeting with President Abdurrahman Wahid, not a single promise was made by the IMF. The relationship between Indonesia and the IMF has entered a time of uncertainty. Whenever the time comes for its next loan tranche to be disbursed, the IMF prolongs the delay and the money remains wanting.",
        "content": "<p>Salt thrown into the ocean<\/p>\n<p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has come again, but<br>\nnothing has changed. They came with an empty bag. And in its<br>\nmeeting with President Abdurrahman Wahid, not a single promise<br>\nwas made by the IMF.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between Indonesia and the IMF has entered a<br>\ntime of uncertainty. Whenever the time comes for its next loan<br>\ntranche to be disbursed, the IMF prolongs the delay and the money<br>\nremains wanting.<\/p>\n<p>If we want to be honest with ourselves, we would see why the<br>\nIMF keeps coming without the money: it is because our government<br>\nis still the same. The IMF and the Abdurrahman Wahid government<br>\nare singing the same song, although for disparate purposes. The<br>\nPresident is singing to stay in power while the IMF is singing to<br>\nguard its money.<\/p>\n<p>Given this stance on the part of the IMF, it is natural for us<br>\nto deduce that the IMF is stalling to see what will happen to the<br>\nPresident after the special session of the People's Consultative<br>\nAssembly. To disburse the money now, with the government in its<br>\npresent precarious position, would be like throwing salt into the<br>\nocean.<\/p>\n<p>-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/salt-thrown-into-the-ocean-1447893297",
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