Balada Ghoshal clarifies

Balada Ghoshal clarifies

This is in reference to my part-two article The future of
democracy in Indonesia that you published on Feb. 5 and Feb. 6.
When the article was submitted, there was no reference to my
association with the United Nations Support Facility for
Indonesian Recovery (UNSFIR), nor was there any reference to any
study being undertaken by UNSFIR on the above.

I fail to understand how The Jakarta Post got the reference
to UNSFIR or any study being undertaken on that subject by the same
organization.

It was an assumption by the Post that has no basis. I would
therefore appreciate it very much if you could publish an apology
for linking my article with any study being undertaken by the
UNSFIR.

I want to reiterate that the article concerned had no
relationship with any studies by UNSFIR. The article was my
individual assessments based on perceptions of the Indonesian
elite, and does not represent the views of any organization.

BALADAS GHOSHAL
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi