ABRI's responsibility

ABRI's responsibility

One of the delicate problems that the ABRI (Indonesian Armed
Forces) leadership faces at the moment is how to carry out --
with the greatest measure of responsibility -- President
Habibie's order to uncover the facts behind allegations that
certain (unnamed) parties were behind the riots, the looting and
the arson that occurred in Jakarta on May 13 and May 14.

Another question relating to ABRI's responsibilities is how it
will fulfill its promise to uncover the truth behind the shooting
dead of four Trisakti University students that sparked off those
riots.

Another issue that has aroused sharp censorious reactions from
the public, the National Commission on Human Rights and the
international community concerns the case of the disappeared
activists. In the course of developments, accounts that have been
published in the media appear to indicate a link connecting these
three issues. The National Commission on Human Rights even said
the acts were all committed by an organized and trained group of
people.

A little of the mystery behind the cases was revealed to the
public after President Habibie recently disclosed the progress
that has been made in the investigations into those cases to the
rights commission. "We must give ABRI a chance to consolidate
itself internally," explained Habibie, as cited by the
Commission's deputy chairman, Marzuki Darusman.

-- Republika, Jakarta