Remember the fate of the people

Remember the fate of the people

From Kompas

In view of the current situation of this republic's
government, which is increasingly unclear, I would like to give a
tip to the high-ranking officials and leaders concerned as
follows:

The worsening situation might be caused by the uncertain
status of the 1999 general election, which was an integral part
of the then President BJ Habibie's accountability address,
declined by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). As such,
the 1999 general election was not recognized as a general
election. Indeed, there was no general election.

Consequently, the current status of all members of the House
of Representatives (DPR) and MPR is uncertain, and therefore it
is natural that there are parties who say the Special Committee
of Buloggate and Bruneigate are illegal.

As a matter of fact, the current anti-New Order DPR/MPR
members came into existence thanks to the laws on political
parties and general elections which were designed and issued by
the New Order system.

So it is quite natural that now many of their decisions and
policies have characteristics which can be traced back to the New
Order operating style. If we want a stable government, the
executive body should be free from officials of the parties which
lost in the general election, and the latter should be only in
the legislature. In other words let only the winning parties hold
executive power.

H. BARNA SOEMANTRI

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