Gus Dur's administration

Gus Dur's administration

From Panji

We have been under President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid's administration for one year or so. However, many circles have viewed that the government has failed to comply with the peoples' aspirations.

During his one year in office the President has reshuffled his cabinet three times. According to Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung, the President's actions have disturbed national stability and the performance of cabinet ministers. Akbar added that the cabinet reshuffles are an indication that Gus Dur was not fully competent in forming his original cabinet.

The cabinet member from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, Didi Supriyanto, is also of the opinion that the reshuffles have not been effective in finding solutions to the various problems facing the nation.

Who is to blame? Non other than President Abdurrahman himself. What then should we do about it?

Many have felt that the President's actions have been spontaneous, which were often controversial in nature and a cause confusion in the community. There was even an impression that the President is engaged in trial and error techniques. This is obvious given the fact that not a single policy taken so far by the government has succeeded in improving the bad condition of the state.

HIMMAH

Bandung