No action from political elite?

No action from political elite?

From Suara Karya

If we asked the Indonesian people, "What is, at the moment,
the most urgent matter?" what would they answer? Undoubtedly,
"Freedom from all difficulties in daily life and freedom from
fear."

The facts have borne out that since the economic crisis and
the upheavals and riots in many places throughout Indonesia,
including Ambon, Aceh, East Timor, Sambas, Irian Jaya, things
have gone beyond the government's control.

It is recognized that on the one hand, freedom of speech and
freedom to assemble have made some steps forward, on the other
hand, frictions and upheavals have occurred frequently. If during
the New Order era we often heard the cliche: "Tomorrow must be
better than today", the "tomorrow" now turns out to be gloomy and
frightening.

Meanwhile, the fights among our ambitious political elite have
shown that Indonesia finds it increasingly difficult to overcome
its own problems. At present, there is apparently nobody with
sufficient authority to solve the nation's complex problems.
There is only the reality that it is hard to choose a head of
state while the people are plunging deeper into the abyss of day-
to-day problems due to an endless crisis. Will the session of the
People's Consultative Assembly come with the solution?

DAHLIA SN

Jakarta