ABRI failed the test

ABRI failed the test

The political neutrality of the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI)
has been in question since the ABRI faction in the House of
Representatives joined with the ruling Golkar party and the
Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) in rejecting a proposal to
summon President B.J. Habibie in connection with his leaked
telephone conversation with Attorney General Andi Ghalib.

ABRI has missed a golden opportunity to prove the sincerity of
its pledge to henceforth be neutral (in politics), by abstaining
from either supporting or opposing the United Development Party
(PPP) proposal to call Habibie to account before a plenary
session of the legislature.

We regret to say that ABRI has failed its first test to prove
that it is sincerely committed to realizing its pledges and
promises.

-- Merdeka, Jakarta