National salvation?

National salvation?

From Koran Tempo

As a citizen who is still optimistic that Indonesia's present conditions will improve, I am sure the nation needs model leaders who listen to public aspirations as a precondition.

Our national leadership has come out of what was once called the central axis formed by politicians, who are now talking about a "save the nation forum". Before any new forum is set up, we must ask the question: Have they proven the "good intentions" of this older axis?

The public is aware of politicians who argue that prevailing conditions are deteriorating, so that they, the same people once promising to save the country, can it save again from a sense of national crisis.

Are such campaigns meant to secure new seats or maintain existing ones? Before any new group is created, these politicians should save themselves by learning from past experience. Proving what they have promised is more important than forming a new forum, which is no solution at all.

KHAERUL HIDAYAT TANJUNG Medan, North Sumatra