Abuses of power

Abuses of power

On May 25, 1994, in his speech before the 12th National Banking Congress, President Soeharto explicitly mentioned the problems of bad loans, like the Bapindo credit fiasco. At that time the President appealed to all institutions concerned to find legal ways of solving the problem of bad loans that is now facing the banks.

This implies that all cases of bad loans must be dealt with, instead of only focusing on the Golden Key Group case. It is very probable that most of the bad loan cases are caused by abuses of power.

It is best if the republic legislators discuss the matters openly, as they are the only ones who have the full authority to raise these questions. At the same time, law enforcement bodies like the Court, the Attorney General and the Police have only limited rights to be involved with these matters.

--Merdeka, Jakarta