Anti opium movement

Anti opium movement

From Media Indonesia

I refer to phone calls recently made to the Secretariat of the
National Station of the Anti-Opium People's Movement in
connection with a demonstration conducted by a group of people
calling themselves GERAM, which is the abbreviation of the Anti-
Marzuki People's Movement. GERAM launched a demonstration in
front of the Attorney General's Office on Aug. 29, and we deem it
necessary to clarify things as follows:

1. GERAM, a non-governmental organization (NGO) which specializes
in measures to cope with narcotics abuse, was established on
Sept. 9, 1999. In every action it takes, GERAM is always
consistent in upholding the theme of drugs abuse elimination. It
never enters into alliances with any social or political powers,
or carries any other theme but the elimination of drugs abuse.

2. Therefore, to avoid misperception in society, in particular
for members of GERAM throughout Indonesia, we would like to call
on all parties wishing to establish any kind of organizations to
avoid using GERAM as their abbreviation, because we have been
using that name since Sept. 9, 1999.

SOFYAN ALI

Coordinator of the Working Group of

GERAM National Station