Major challenges facing Megawati

Major challenges facing Megawati

From Kompas

A statement of former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid that Megawati Soekarnoputri would be trapped by the New Order forces in the administration, House of Representatives (DPR) and People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), should be taken into account even though Gus Dur himself didn't consistently fight against corruption and irregularities allegedly committed by people in the DPR/MPR and their partners in private business circles.

The biggest challenge facing Megawati and Hamzah Haz will be the appointment of the right attorney general, a person who will neither belong to the Golkar Party nor to other major political parties like the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and the United Development Party.

The attorney general to-be, who must be someone with integrity, must enjoy the support of the National Police and the Indonesian Military. He or she must be seriously committed to eradicating corruption based on the right legal procedure. In the absence of effective enforcement, all legal investigations will end up simply as a compilation of dossiers.

JUWONO SUDARSONO

Depok, West Java