---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- GOVT TO USE CGI AID FOR PEOPLE'S INTERESTS, VEEP MEGAWATI SAYS Jakarta, Feb 01 (ANTARA) - Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri said the government will use aid from the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) to promote the people's welfare as well as to finance permanent programs, such as safety net program (JPS), law enforcement and bureaucratic reform. "Foreign aid, either from the IMF and CGI, will be used for the people at large, particulary for the poor and the implementation of JPS, she said when opening the ninth CGI meeting at Bank Indonesia (the central bank) building here on Tuesday. In the past couple of weeks the nation had been entering a decisive phase towards the creation of new Indonesia, she said reffering to the submission of the 2000 draft state budget to the House of Representatives, the signing of the Letter of Intent (LoI) and the holding of the CGI meeting. Towards that end, she said, the government in cooperation with the House would enact a number of regulation to insure the implement and supervision of these programs. She added the reform carried out by the government would applied to state apparatuses or bureaucrats. Megawati, who is also chief of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said the government would also provide security guarantees for investors and enforce the law as it should be by securing everybody's rights in accordance with the existing law. She said person's rights to the law did not subcribe to tribe, religion or color of skin. She went on to say demand from Acehneses and Irian Jayans for independence and riots in several parts of the country would slowly sow hatred and threaten the country's integrity. She said the government would continue to maintain the national unity as could be seen from President Abdurrahman Wahid's visits to Iran Jaya and Aceh as well as her visit to Maluku recently. She, however, admitted since these problems were complicated they could not be settled at a glance. Meanwhile, chief of the CGI meeting's organizers, Parulian Sidabutar said the meeting would end on Wednesday. L.PUS-02/EU-06/NN-04/13:00/NN01/14:26/nn02/TB02) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 7 Feb 2000 jam 06:37:58 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
