Without Megawati

Without Megawati PDI P is nothing

From Warta Kota

No one can deny that Ibu Megawati Soekarnoputri has made the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) the biggest party in the country and helped it to win the 1999 General Election.

It is very ironic that a decision made by the chairwoman, which should have been adopted as a decision of the party, then becomes a matter of controversy among its members.

It is really sad if Tarmizi, as deputy of Jakarta's PDI Perjuangan faction and some other branch and regional chairmen, have to go against the policy adopted by their own party's chairperson.

As a lay person, I find it strange! Tarmizi and the others should have realized that they are not the ones who keep the party united, but it is Mega and this is a fact.

We hope that PDI Perjuangan will always be alert to the tactics of other parties to topple Ibu Mega by using Tarmizi and his friends.

M. YUSUF

Jakarta