Govt has no sense of crisis: Cak Roes

Govt has no sense of crisis: Cak Roes

SURABAYA: Respected national figure Roeslan Abdulgani,
popularly known as Cak Roes, criticized President Megawati
Soekarnoputri's administration, which, he said, had no sense of
crisis, as indicated by the fuel and electricity price hikes.

"The government should adopt other alternatives that do not
overburden the people," he said at the launch of his book Masa
Kecilku di Surabaya (My childhood in Surabaya) here on Monday.

The other alternatives included greater efficiency, fighting
corruption and taking to court errant business tycoons, he said.
"The people would have no objection to any increase in fuel,
electricity or telephone prices should those three things be
done."

Cak Roes, a loyal follower of founding president Sukarno,
Megawati's father, said he felt uneasy when the President called
on the people to lead a simple life while many government
officials and errant tycoons lived a luxurious one. --Antara