The Golkar convention

The Golkar convention

From Media Indonesia

It began with the muddled internal state of the Golkar Party, when two groups, for and against general chairman Akbar Tandjung, opposed each other. As it was too risky to promote the defamed party chief further for the 2004 election, there emerged the "smart creation" of Golkar in the form of a convention.

This convention offers an opportunity for anyone to become a presidential contender via Golkar. It is smart because of the intention to restore its chairman, once shunned by some of its own members.

It means that Golkar's move or, in this case, more its chairman's, is to seek loopholes while the public is distracted or even deliberately ignored. One can imagine what the country would be like under the leadership of such a figure.

GURITNO SOERJODIBROTO, Jakarta