Political parties & public welfare

Political parties & public welfare

From Suara Karya

Practically all political parties contesting this year's
general election are fond of talking about the need to surmount
national issues like poverty, unemployment, farmers' living
conditions, corruption, collusion and nepotism.

As an Indonesian citizen striving to do something for public
welfare promotion, I have addressed requests for agricultural
project aid (for organic waste processing into compost) to
several political parties, but none of them has responded so far.

Why are the parties talking about poor people without any
intention of helping them, while expecting their votes? The
culture of mutual assistance and solidarity with weaker groups in
society should be inculcated among the parties, before and after
the election.

Though some parties, according to media reports, have made
contributions to local communities by "distributing money" during
the election, such small sums have no significant effect and miss
the actual goal of poverty eradication.

Parties wishing to be successful should be willing to make
social investments on a continuous basis for the enhancement of
public welfare. In this way, they will become independent and win
people's confidence in their ability to manage the unitary
republic.

DARMADI
Sragen, Central Java