Queer trio

Queer trio

From Forum Keadilan

The step taken by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) as shown by Kwik Kian Gie and Laksamana Sukardi in "eradicating" business tycoons considered as having violated the mechanism of channeling bank funds has struck me as very strange. This has become even stranger considering that the business tycoons subjected to this "eradication" effort are generally non-Chinese and nonsupporters of PDI Perjuangan, such as Marimutu Sinivasan of Texmaco. As is known, Texmaco has never extended any financial support to PDI Perjuangan.

Besides Texmaco, the indigenous Bakrie group, also a nonsupporter of PDI Perjuangan, is now also being subjected to an "eradication" effort. With the help of Marzuki Darusman, who is but a PDI Perjuangan man in the Functional Group (Golkar), as the executioner, this trio of Kwik, Laksamana and Marzuki has launched its attacks on non-Chinese and non-PDI Perjuangan businesspeople.

Another strange thing is that a business tycoon formerly known as one of Soeharto's cronies, Sofjan Wanandi, has been acquitted of all legal prosecutions. Marzuki, whom Kwik has dubbed as the White Golkar, quite easily issued a letter of instruction on the termination of investigation (SP3), in regard to Sofjan's case.

In fact, Sofjan has never been interrogated by Marzuki. In the absence of even interrogation being conducted as formality alone, on what basis has Marzuki issued the SP3 in favor of Sofjan? What is obvious is that Sofjan is one of the prominent figures in the Catholic think-tank known as CSIS, which has, all these years, backed PDI Perjuangan. Sofjan himself used to be a cadre of Golkar, and in the past decade, has become a strong supporter of PDI Perjuangan.

Dr. Rizal Ramli has also made public his view about the company owned by a businessman of Indian origin. "The exposure of Texmaco is discriminative. If the goal is to expose corrupt, collusive and nepotistic practices, why aren't Soeharto's cronies interrogated? From our own research, Soeharto's main cronies are Sudono Salim (Liem Sioe Liong), Prajogo Pangestu and Bob Hasan," Rizal said.

Clearly the trio of Kwik, Laksamana and Marzuki, who acts as the executioner, would like to eliminate all businesspeople who do not support PDI Perjuangan. Businessmen like Marimutu and Bakrie are attacked while Sofjan Wanandi, a pro-PDI Perjuangan businessman, has been acquitted. This is really transparent injustice. This case justifies our statement that "The Newest New Order has been born..."

DODDY SYAFRUDIN

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