Students should

Students should
keep struggling

From Koran Tempo

The acquittal of Akbar Tandjung by the Supreme Court is a
betrayal of reform, which sets a bad precedent for law
enforcement in Indonesia.

But not all is lost. The struggle to uphold justice and
eliminate corruption, collusion and nepotism will go on.
Therefore, all students and people pursuing these common goals
should maintain their fighting spirit.

Akbar may be smiling with satisfaction, but we should be
convinced that wealth and power obtained by dishonest means will
make him uneasy, because what he acquired runs counter to the
conscience of millions of Indonesians.

Students, who in their protest against the appeal court
decision were injured, on the other hand, can now rest easy
because they heroically fought against tyranny backed by power.

The court decision also shows that we are facing not only
Akbar or a system that protects him, but also the greater force
of a corrupt culture in which the nation is still engulfed. So
the journey to eradicate this culture is still long.

HENDRO TRI RACHMADI
Jakarta