Nobel Committee 'inventive'

Nobel Committee 'inventive'

From Bisnis Indonesia

The most surprising news item in the last week has been the announcement of East Timor anti-integrationist Ramos Horta as a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

What were the Nobel Committee's considerations and criteria in making their decision, which is unsympathetic to the world community?

A friend of mine has told me that every year the Nobel Committee has to consider a number of people for all the Nobel prizes.

Apparently Ramos Horta was selected after the committee became slightly confused as the deadline approached. So the choice of the political adventurer seems to have been forced upon them.

My respect for the Nobel Committee began to wane years ago. It started with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize first to Jimmy Carter and then to Yitzak Rabin. Even now the Middle East peace process has not been finalized, yet they were given a peace prize. It does not make sense.

WERDININGTYAS

Jakarta