------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 20:09:23 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: John MacDougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [INDONESIA-NEWS] TI - Winters: Arrest the Cronies Tempo Interaktif Jeffrey A. Winters: Indonesian Economy Gets Stuck 15 Aug 2000 17:2:40 WIB TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta: Apparently, Indonesia’s economic team hasn’t functioned for the last ten months. The economy remains at a standstill. However, the economic team does not bear all the blame. “The current political situation in Indonesia damages Indonesia’s economy,” said Jeffrey A. Winters, an American political scientist, in an interview with TEMPO Interaktif on Monday, August 14. In these unstable times, Jeffrey said, investors avoid Indonesia. They prefer to invest in China or other countries. Meanwhile, macro-economic indicators like a growing Gross Domestic Product or falling inflation levels are not accurate barometers, Jeffrey added. “The growth rate increases because of higher consumption. Not new investors,” he said. Jeffrey offered no solution for reviving the economy. However, he points to the continued presence of New Order cronies in the current government as one source of the economic problem. The culture of “corruption-collusion-nepotism (KKN)” is another obstacle to growth. “Because the Soeharto’s status quo still exists, reform efforts go nowhere,” he said. “If you want the economy to improve, arrest the New Order ‘criminals’ first. Then destroy the old system and create some breathing room for development.” Jusfiq Hadjar gelar Sutan Maradjo Lelo ===================================== * Ijtihad untuk mencerdaskan ajaran Islam yang sekarang ini penuh ketololan, kedunguan, kegoblokan dan kebodohan * Ijtihad untuk memanusiawikan ajaran Islam yang sekarang ini biadab, keji dan nista
