Ministers must be clean

Ministers must be clean

From Koran Tempo

The election of Megawati Soekarnoputri as president and Hamzah Haz as vice president has been positively responded to by the markets, which has been shown by the strengthening of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar from Rp 11,000 to Rp 10,000.

The strengthening of the rupiah can be attributed to a number of factors: trust in political stability and the tricks of market players who are now selling their dollars and, in the process, encouraging other people to sell theirs, with the intention of buying them back at a certain point when they will get bigger gains. However, whatever the reasons are, the rupiah is getting stronger, albeit temporarily.

The country's politics are becoming increasingly stable as a result of the horse trading between the supporters of Megawati and Hamzah Haz to determine what to prioritize (party representatives or professionals) in the coalition cabinet. In fact, the top priority is that Law No. 28 of 1999 on the establishment of a government free from corruption, collusion and nepotism be implemented.

Therefore, in order not to repeat the same mistakes made by the Abdurrahman Wahid administration, Megawati and Hamzah must be consistent in choosing their assistants in the cabinet.

AJAD ROSADI

Tangerang, Banten