Save this country from destruction

Save this country from destruction

From Media Indonesia

I am only a housewife who is fed up with the country leaders' as they never stop battling it out for power, condemning each other and taking revenge, which only causes misery for the people.

I hope that Ibu Megawati Soekarnoputri's election as the fifth President of the Republic of Indonesia replacing the former President Abdurrahman Wahid can lead the country toward a better future. It's a woman's nature to be soft-hearted, gentle, easily- moved and certainly devoid of malice, so she can be expected to take wise measures.

Allow me to call on Ibu Mega and her cabinet to save the country from destruction. This country has been in tears for too long, dreaming of receiving motherly caresses and affection. We all hope that Ibu Mega can give the nation what the words in a famous children's song express: "Mother's love to me lasts forever. She gives and gives, expects nothing in return, just like the sun that brightens the world".

Last but not least, hats off to the members of the People's Consultative Assembly as well as House of Representatives for the important and historic decision to make Ibu Mega the country's fifth president.

SITI FATIMAH

Jakarta