ABRI and Golkar

ABRI and Golkar

In an address at the Sabilil Mutaqien Islamic boarding school in Takeran, Magetan, East Java, the Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. R. Hartono, repeated the statement he made earlier in Karanganyar, Surakarta, that all members of the Armed Forces (ABRI) are Golkar cadres and that there needed to be no debate about this fact.

As historical background to his statement, he said that all this had its origins in events that took place at the time of the campaign against the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), when Golkar, together with other organizations, and ABRI worked side by side to crush the PKI.

We only remind that the PKI could not have been crushed by ABRI and Golkar alone. The same goes for our current development efforts. Without the participation of the Indonesian people the fruits of our development efforts would not be authentic and could even miss the intended objectives.

Abandoning the people as Indonesia enters the era of globalization could bring disappointments.

-- Merdeka, Jakarta