Finding the best possible leader

Finding the best possible leader

I was thrilled to see the orangutans make it to the front page
these last couple of days, in spite of the depressing
circumstances.

Recent coverage in The Jakarta Post of the plight of
orangutans and other endangered primates is certainly timely,
along with the excellent letter from David Jardine on Nov. 7 and
also the editorial on Nov. 5, all goes to hoping that some
consciences will become "jogged".

I thought, maybe, while everyone "hums" and "hahs" about who
should be the next president, a simple survey of who does not
have a caged creature in their backyard may give us a better idea
of the man (or woman) who has the moral decency and integrity to
lead this country into the future.

CYNTHIA HELEN CROSS

Bogor, West Java