Presidential address transcript

As President Abdurrahman Wahid made a denial to the press on July 4, 2000, saying he had never said that the mastermind of riots was in the House of People's Representatives/People's Consultative Assembly, allow me to propose that to enable the public to have an accurate knowledge of the content of this address, the State Secretariat, in this case the head of the Bureau for Presidential Press and Media, should publish an official transcript of every address or statement made by the President.

The publication of a transcript of a presidential address or statement is necessary to avoid misunderstanding and denials as well as counter-denials which will only leave the community puzzled.

During the administration of the late president Sukarno, the State Secretariat always published full transcripts of the addresses delivered by president Sukarno in a modest stenciled form, which the ministry of information would later publish in its special edition publication.

SUBAGIO ANAM

Member of the House of People's

Representatives

Jakarta