Akbar Tandjung's struggle

Akbar Tandjung's struggle

One of the country's serious problems is a weak judiciary. The
law could not be enforced because it is subordinate to power.

However, nowadays the power of the military has been reduced
and Golkar Party did not control the votes during the last
election. Power has been divided.

Amid these changes, reform has yet to enable the judges to
exercise their powers freely and independently. The law can
still be bought and is still liable to intervention.

The law has punished House of Representatives Speaker Akbar
Tandjung. However there is a precedent -- central bank governor,
Sjahril Sabirin, who maintained his post despite a court
conviction which earned him a three-year jail term. Sabirin was
later acquitted.

If Sabirin was able to get away with it, why can't Akbar? And
if Akbar and Sjahril could eventually walk free why not the
others? At this point, we should go back to reality that the law
is still discriminatory.

-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta