Economic reform needed

Economic reform needed

From Merdeka

There was an interesting hypothesis in the Dec. 5 editorial of
Merdeka: "If the monetary crisis comes as an uninvited guest,
then the first to be held accountable for that is the government
of the country concerned. In fact, what is much more important
than setting up stand-by funds is the reformation of the
country's economic and political structure".

In the academic world, such a hypothesis is assumed to be true
in the context of the presentation of an opinion, although its
truth has yet to be proven.

In some Asian countries, certain parties have perceived
political reform as a "ghost" because they wanted to maintain
their status quo, old habits and traditions that had been
existing for generations.

Whether or not economic and political reforms could take
place depends entirely on the attitude and vision of the next
People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).

SUNGKOWO SOKAWERA

Bandung, West Java