Officials urged to heed complaints

Officials urged to heed complaints

PEKALONGAN, Central Java: Vice President Try Sutrisno called on government officials yesterday to be responsive to the people's wishes.

"Never consider people's complaints unimportant because that attitude will only create the impression that officials turn a deaf ear to them," he said during a meeting with local officials and community leaders.

Try said that the authorities should not answer people's complaints by threatening them with sticks in the way South Korean security officers did when facing demonstrators.

"There (in South Korea), students and police throw fire bombs at each other. That should not be imitated here," he said.

Try said that the Indonesian political system favored the promotion of democracy which is, he said, consistent with local values. (har)