Reasserting our will to resolve problems

Reasserting our will to resolve problems

From Media Indonesia

While we do not yet possess complete facts about the recent
bomb blast in front of the Australian Embassy in Kuningan and
therefore cannot identify a plausible suspect, one thing is
obvious -- our country is within the sphere of terrorism and
consequently, we must be extremely vigilant.

In my opinion, we must react on two planes. First, the
authorities must probe into this terrorist act and uncover its
roots. Second, we must strengthen our consensus because 99.99
percent of us Indonesians really wish to solve our problems in a
peaceful and inclusive manner through dialog.

Most ethnic and religious groups are in no way connected to
terrorism, although it is true that prolonged discontent might
cause a small group in society to resort to terrorism.

Today, we must work together to isolate terrorists in society.
For this, we must renew our determination to solve our problems
-- no matter how difficult they may be -- in a peaceful, open and
inclusive manner, through dialog.

FRANS MAGNIS SUSENO
Jakarta