House and people's aspirations

House and people's aspirations

From Kompas

Recently the government has been blamed for all the turmoil in
this country: bomb blasts, strikes, community protests, street
rallies, uprisings in Aceh and Irian Jaya, and many other similar
incidents.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives has said, however,
that these incidents reflect the failure of legislators in the
House because the aspirations of the people have not been
entirely and properly channeled to the government and the
People's Consultative Assembly through their representatives in
the House.

To be fair, both the government and the House must be
appraised. Members of the House should not concern themselves
with salaries and facilities because, if they do, this will be
their red mark, in the sense that they are only concerned with
enriching themselves and hardly pay heed to the people they are
supposed to represent. If House members are of this quality, the
only thing fit for them will be dismissal.

V. SUTARMO SETIADJI

Jakarta