No more rhetoric from Mega-Hamzah

No more rhetoric from Mega-Hamzah

From Rakyat Merdeka

Sooner or later the Mega-Hamzah Cabinet will be announced, and initially, positive support should be given to whoever is chosen and appointed as a new minister.

A similar, initially positive response has been given by the market, as can be seen in the strengthening of rupiah against the U.S. dollar; a good start for the duo to be proud of.

As long as the political parties' compromises in the forming of the upcoming "rainbow" cabinet are based on virtuous intentions for the nation and the people's welfare (and not merely some kind of power sharing), then it is more than likely that the positive image of the newly formed government can be maintained.

Another crucial aspect to be immediately attended to is the upholding of justice, more popularly termed "supremacy of the law". A firm, no-compromise attitude of the President is expected, so that all criminals, major or minor, whether or not in the legislature, judiciary or executive body are brought to court, where there are no longer any "meddling or obstructing hands".

Let's hope that the fall of the recent government was not a sort of a "political engineering and self-justification" of the majority in the People's Consultative Assembly; let's view it as a constitutional resolution.

It would be regrettable if it were later found out that purely for temporary gain there had been some kind of conspiracy.

Let's hope the next cabinet is not only a colorful rainbow, a temporarily beautiful sight, consisting of various political elements, but is really a "strongly bound and united broom" for immediate and effective "sweeping" action.

Therefore starting today, no more rhetoric.

SUHERMAN

Jakarta