Will the govt ever get serious?

Will the govt ever get serious?

From Rakyat Merdeka

We criticized former president Abdurrahman Wahid for
frequently making statements rather than managing the government
effectively.

The same can be said about Megawati Soekarnoputri. Some of the
Cabinet sessions, lasting until the wee hours, have been a
disappointment, as no clear decisions are made in relation to the
economic management of the country or what the political stance
is on the attacks of the United States and its allies in
Afghanistan.

If the government continues to behave this way, offenders will
make good use of the situation to enrich themselves and their
cronies.

To date we have not seen any sign of government policies that
will seriously handle the corruption that is rampant everywhere,
for example, in the state-owned oil company, the State Logistics
Agency, the courts, the offices of the attorney general and all
other state-owned companies.

We are also not clear about the activities of Kwik Kian Gie at
the National Development Planning Board and Laksamana Sukardi for
state enterprises.

The government seems to be repeating the same mistakes by
letting each leader make his own agenda. In the meantime, Vice
President Hamzah Haz is striving to secure the electorate for the
2004 election.

All this makes us ask the question: Who is seriously leading
the country?

A ZIDAN NOVANTO

Jakarta