Domestic political condition

Domestic political condition

From Media Indonesia

It seems that political practices in Indonesia are quite messy now and are no longer based on existing principles. That this is so is clear from efforts to return the political condition to the past. Currently there is psychological warfare going on between the executive, judicial and legislative institutions. The outcome of this psychological war will benefit only the individuals in these institutions. If Indonesian university students let this situation develop unchecked, the country is sure to fall into an abyss and the goals aspired to in the Constitution will go to naught.

Most of the people in these three institutions have yet to undergo complete reform in their behavior, as is evident from the great number of conflicts that these institutions are involved in. If this condition drags on, these people will simply shut their mouths and the state's funds will be siphoned off in the interests of the individuals and their groups. The consequence will be that many innocent people will be scapegoated to smoothen the way for these people to reach their ambition. Then, if no action is taken to curb these practices, the prevailing laws and regulations will only benefit these people and, again, innocent parties will have to be their sacrificial lambs.

If this situation persists, whoever is the leader will become the target to nurture the interests of these groups. If these groups do not like the leader, they will then conspire to remove him/her from office. To ensure that all this will not happen, university students must press forward for the removal of these people from the executive, legislative and judicial institutions. The existing institutions are now operational, alas, not to improve the lot of the nation, but rather to further the interests of certain groups only.

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