MPR urged to complete amendment

MPR urged to complete amendment

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Students Executive Board (BEM) staged
a peaceful demonstration at the People's Consultative Assembly
building, demanding the Assembly complete the amendment being
made to the 1945 Constitution before 2004.

They met with the Assembly's ad hoc committee preparing the
amendment to the Constitution to voice their demands.

The students, who were received by deputy chairman of the ad
hoc committee Slamet Effendy Yusuf, called on the Assembly to
complete the ongoing amendment, press for the eradication of
corruption and investigate human right abuses, before 2004.

The students also demanded the government terminate
cooperation with the IMF as of 2002.

"We should learn from Malaysia and Thailand on how to defuse
the economic crisis," said a student.

The students also supported the bill on general elections that
proposes to eliminate seats for servicemen and the police in the
legislature. --JP