PDI's threat

PDI's threat

The threat made by Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) cadre to
boycott the 1997 general elections has become a topic of public
discussion. The question is what led them to make the threat.
Within the party itself, differences of opinions exist, with
certain members being for it and others against.

It seems the threat is a reaction to the discord in the
party's central board and in a number of provinces, which has
remained unresolved. There is the assumption that the friction in
the PDI is the result of intervention by external parties in the
party's affairs.

It is prudent for the Minister of Home Affairs, as the
President's assistant and political supervisor, to take heed of
the PDI's threat of not participating in the 1997 election. It is
the burden and the responsibility of the political supervisor to
clear up the charges of outside intervention in PDI's affairs.

-- Sinar Pagi, Jakarta