Funny Amien Rais

Funny Amien Rais

From Neraca

Amien Rais' political moves get more amusing by the day. It
seems that every issue has been politicized by him. Also, Amien
Rais, who is Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, is
concerned about the detention of central bank Governor Sjahril
Sabirin by the Attorney General's Office for his alleged
involvement in the Bank Bali scandal.

Earlier this week, Amien Rais stated that he wished to see
Attorney General Marzuki Darusman in connection with the BI
governor's case. He hinted there was something mysterious behind
Sjahril Sabirin's detention. Amien Rais had met with Sjahril in
his detention room, so he wanted to get accurate information
about the reasons behind the detention. My question is whether
such actions are proper for the Assembly Speaker.

However, Amien emphasized that he by no means wanted to
interfere with the attorney general's authority. That is really
funny, because such a wish is not held only by Amien Rais. Bus
drivers, farmers and everybody else obviously has the same
feeling. But these people do not want to get a special
explanation from the attorney general. So Amien Rais (confessing
to be a commoner) must have a special motive for moving in that
direction.

Certainly no other ordinary commoners can freely do things as
Amien Rais has done. Political observers have been watching Amien
Rais engage in a political race against President Abdurrahman
Wahid. It is no secret anymore that before his detention, Sjahril
Sabirin had been on bad terms with President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Perhaps Amien Rais is playing the political card that states "the
enemy of my opponent is my friend".

FATAHILLAH

Tangerang, West Java