President and MPR lack vision

President and MPR lack vision

From Rakyat Merdeka

I agree with Mr. Moh. Otas IG's letter to the editor published on June 17, 2001 titled It is true, there were two incompetent presidents. Why? Because the last two presidents, namely Habibie and Abdurrahman Wahid, as well as the Consultative People's Assembly (MPR), did not have any vision as to where they would take this nation.

How is it possible for the unitary republic of Indonesia (NKRI), which consists of so many different tribes, to be united if Pancasila, the state philosophy capable of uniting the entire nation, is scrapped? That is why the entire nation must maintain Pancasila.

Automatically then, the present democracy has turned out to be anarchic. In other words it is meaningless democracy. Everything is permitted, nothing is forbidden. This country's multidimensional crisis will continue forever because religions and the hinges of life have been damaged.

Pancasila is a "divine revelation" for this nation. Perhaps certain groups disagree with Pancasila because they are afraid Indonesia will become a monopolitical country. But that is an undeniable fact. There are only two presidents who received divine revelation, namely Sukarno and Soeharto, so that in their hands this country did progress.

In my opinion, their being condemned at the end of their leadership, and made to suffer a great deal, was also a divine decree which should be accepted. A divine revelation can be compared with the sun, which does not remain with one person but moves on a continuous cycle. This is because the Almighty God does not want any one person to remain eternally in power.

Apart from the political evaluation of their supporters, or those opposing them, Bung Karno and Pak Harto were indeed selected people who performed many services for their country.

DR. AGUS UTORO

Serang, Banten