People's burden increases

People's burden increases

From Pos Kota

Recently the costs of daily needs have been rising by 10 percent up to 20 percent. The hike seems uncontrollable. Since the fall of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar last week, the price of soap, vegetable oil and even vegetables have increased significantly.

Co-inciding with the rise in the price of fuel, these changes are suffocating the people.

It's true that President Abdurrahman Wahid's administration have started to investigate corruptors, but unfortunately these corruptors are Gus Dur's political opponents and still have significant political cover from Gus Dur's opponents. What about P. Pangestu, Samsul Nursalim, Sinivasan and many others?

If Gus Dur's government could sue these people and confiscate their assets, the fuel hike might not have occurred.

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