Students to hit the streets again

Students to hit the streets again

JAKARTA (JP): Activists from several student organizations
announced on Tuesday their plan to hold a massive anti-Soeharto
rally in the capital on Thursday.

Widi from Forbes (Collective Forum) and Fauzan of Famred
(Students Action Front for Reforms and Democracy) told a press
meeting that the July 6 rally would focus on two main issues,
namely asking the authorities to arrest and bring former
president Soeharto to court for his alleged corruption and the
resignation of Attorney General Marzuki Darusman for his failure
to complete the investigation of the country's former strongman.

The activists said that they really hope the rally, to be
attended by some 500 members of 10 student organizations, will
end peacefully.

"We will not go to Jl. Cendana (the residence of former
president Soeharto), but any location will be a 'battle field"
for us to convey our demands," Widi said but did not disclose
elaborate.

The alleged wrongdoing of Soeharto, he said, lately has been
distracted by other political issues, such as the bloody clashes
in Maluku.

Widi added that the protesters would also distribute brochures
at certain places, such as bus terminals and universities, to
hopefully build strong public opinion on Soeharto's case.

"We will prove our sincerity to achieve what we are fighting
for," said Widi. (07)