Bombs on Christmas eve

Bombs on Christmas eve

As an Indonesian born and brought up here, I refuse to believe
that the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police
(Polri) had such lousy intelligence services that they failed to
pick up information on preplanned bomb attacks on Christmas Eve,
beforehand. That is a farce.

No sane Indonesian will believe that a preplanned attack on
churches nationwide, on Christmas Eve, which involved bombs made
of military explosives, was information that slipped through TNI
and Polri intelligence services, and therefore, I also refuse to
believe that the President was not aware of such a conspiracy.

No intelligent words from the President or anyone else, can
breathe life into the dead, or erase the burn scars on the bodies
of people who were injured in the blasts.

Politicians -- civilian or military -- are responsible for
this act, and not men or women of religion. No God-fearing person
would have committed what was committed.

Nobody will and nobody should forget what happened on
Christmas Eve.

Politics is a virtue, and it is about people taking care of
the needs of other people, but it is because of politicians, that
people were killed in such an unbelievable manner.

YOGITA

Jakarta