Don't care philosophy

The new government seems to have adopted a "don't care" philosophy. Recently a headline in The Jakarta Post read I don't care about my reputation, which was supposed to be the answer of the President to a certain complaint.

On Feb. 18, according to your newspaper, a minister responded "I dont care" to a survey by an international organization that ranked the tax and customs offices as the most corrupt institutions in this country. Governor Sutiyoso even remarked that this "makes sense".

I have my doubts as to whether Indonesia can solve its problems with this kind of approach to people's concerns.

MANFRED WEBER, Jakarta