Student leaders invite military cadets to dialog<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Student leaders have invited their counterparts
\nfrom the Military Academy (Akabri) to participate in a national
\ndialog aimed at finding solutions to the current problems facing
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
Ali Fahmi of the Committee for the Preparations of the
\nNational Student Dialog said the military cadets had been asked
\nto join discussions on various social and political issues facing
\nthe nation ahead of the June 7 general election. \"We have not
\nreceived any word from them, however,\" he was quoted by Antara as
\nsaying at the University of Indonesia here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
About 200 representatives from various student and youth
\norganizations across the country also have been asked to attend
\nthe dialog scheduled to be held in Sawangan, Bogor, West Java, on
\nMarch 5 to March 7.<\/p>\n
\"We want the military cadets, who are people of our own age,
\nto sit down with us and talk. Besides, the current Akabri is
\ndifferent from the Akabri of the past,\" Ali said.<\/p>\n
\"Hopefully, this will bolster democratization, and they (the
\ncadets) will be able to sense a 'climate of dialog' among
\ncivilian groups,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The proposed agenda for the dialog includes discussions on
\nelections, militarism and the investigation into the wealth of
\nformer president Soeharto and his cronies.<\/p>\n
\"Students, who are the guards of the reform, should be united
\nagain,\" he said. (swe)<\/p>",
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