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Date sent: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 09:37:05 -0600 (MDT)
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Subject: [INDONESIA-NEWS] FT - Mega's Moment
> Financial Times (London)
> Friday, August 11, 2000
>
> Leader [editorial]
>
> Mega's moment
>
> Indonesia's President Abdurrahman Wahid is nothing if not cunning. By
> placing Megawati Sukarnoputri, his vice-president, in charge of the
> day-to-day running of government, he has defused criticism of his
> performance from a hostile parliament.
>
> Her wary response reflects the risk that she would have to carry an
> important part of the blame for any future failings of his administration,
> even though she would still lack real power. Mr Wahid will still be able
> to bypass the cabinet and govern through presidential decrees.
>
> If Mr Wahid calculates that this move will help him secure his grip on
> office, it is unlikely to help Indonesia solve its economic and social
> problems - despite the rupiah's initial rally on the news. Ms Megawati,
> daughter of Indonesia's first president Sukarno, commands a devoted
> following from the public but she has never shown a real conceptual grasp
> of economic and financial issues. Nor has she the administrative drive
> needed in a successful leader. She failed to make an impact in the first
> task allocated her by Mr Wahid, of calming tension in outlying regions.
>
> Indeed the extraordinary passivity that caused her to lose last year's
> presidential election means Indonesia may continue to suffer from lack of
> decision-making in government and momentum in economic reform. Much more
> important for judging the country's prospects will be the shape of the new
> cabinet, on which Mr Wahid has yet to decide. His first cabinet was the
> cumbersome product of political compromise in which the rights of
> patronage were shared out among those who had brought him to power. The
> result has been poorly co-ordinated, weak government and a climate in
> which corruption has been able to flourish unchecked.
>
> It makes sense to appoint a more competent professional team,
> especially to the economic portfolios. But, to be effective, the whole
> process has to be depoliticised. One change that is emerging from Mr
> Wahid's confrontation with parliament is a rapprochement between the two
> largest parties. Ms Megawati's Democratic Party - Struggle and Golkar, the
> party of former president Suharto, have grounds for opposing Mr Wahid, and
> both can now expect a large say in the formation of the new cabinet.
>
> Both are also fundamentally conservative parties that represent the old
> establishment. Indonesia is a striking contrast to South Korea where the
> election of Kim Dae-jung put a real outsider in charge and thus
> facilitated radical reform. Although he stood up to Mr Suharto, even Mr
> Wahid was always an establishment figure. Indonesia stands little chance
> of real recovery as long as its old elite continues to focus on dividing
> the spoils of government among themselves.
Jusfiq Hadjar gelar Sutan Maradjo Lelo
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