A house for Soeharto

A house for Soeharto

Many people have reacted with astonishment upon hearing that
the government was allocating Rp 26.6 billion for a house for
former president Soeharto at Puri Jatiayu (Bali Pavilion), Taman
Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta.

As we see it, the government is unwise to spend such an amount
of money on a yet another house for the former president while
tens of millions of citizens are suffering under the never-ending
crisis. People would, perhaps, better be able to understand the
government's decision if former president Soeharto actually
needed a house.

Amid popular demands for the eradication of corruption,
collusion and nepotism and other acts if social and political
malfeasance committed during the New Order regime, the
government's decision appears to show a total lack of insight
with regard to the people's sensitivities.

-- Bisnis Indonesia, Jakarta