Ordinary people can

Ordinary people can
fight corruptors

From Koran Tempo

Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid has said the
power of people cannot defeat the evil power of unscrupulous
politicians or corruptors because the population is so big that
it can be fragmented easily.

Gus Dur's negative and pessimistic tone in facing corruptors
is not favorable to the nation's struggle. We should have a
positive attitude and keep striving to find strong and clean
leaders in the elimination of unscrupulous politicians, who have
undermined national development.

In the past, the nation was united and succeeded in ridding
the country of colonizers who had prevailed for centuries. At
present, some of our fellow countrymen are stealing public money
so we must deal with them properly via uncompromising law
enforcement.

Gus Dur, a Muslim scholar, should have talked about how to
find a way to deal with the evil power of corruptors. We are all
capable of fighting "rotten" politicians with the help of
Almighty God.

DEDDY MANSYUR
Houston, Texas, USA