Govt policies benefit big businesses

Govt policies benefit big businesses

GARUT, West Java: People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker
Amien Rais has criticized government policies, saying they only
benefit big businesses and damage the economy.

"Many small companies are surviving during the economic crisis
without any help from the government," Amien was quoted as saying
by Antara on Saturday while visiting a toffee factory in the West
Java town of Garut.

On the other hand, he said, large businesses, which had
received huge funding from the government, were hardly surviving
and had even worsened the economic crisis, he claimed.

"It is unfortunate that the government's economic policies
have yet to be changed. They continue to favor conglomerates
instead of small-scale businesses," the MPR speaker said.

Amien, also chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN),
urged the government to pay more attention to the development of
small businesses that did not rely on foreign loans. -- Antara