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Amien Rais Asks Jokowi to Look in the Mirror of Soeharto’s Fate: Left by His Minister to Become Porous

Harianjogja.com, JAKARTA – Chairperson of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Honorary Council Amien Rais reminded President Jokowi to reflect on the fate of Indonesian President Soeharto. According to Amien, in the past all ministers always praised and endorsed Suharto’s wishes. However, these conditions turned 180 degrees when Suharto stepped down from the position of number 1 person in Indonesia.

“I remind Mr. Jokowi. Remember the fate of Pak Harto, he was 32 years in power. All ministers only said yes, only praised, there were no ministers who did not praise,” he was quoted as saying in the account Instagram @amienraisofficial as quoted Thursday (2/7/2020).

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However, these conditions change when the people’s movement has surrounded the power. When President Suharto had difficulty surviving, he continued, all ministers suddenly turned back to leave him.

The former reform activist and Chairman of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly said that there was only one minister who remained loyal to Suharto’s side until the end of his position, namely former Minister of State Secretary Saadillah Mursjid. According to him, Saadillah Mursjid is a person who has high integrity and morals.

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“So when the jackfruit party, the jack is gone and the sap is left, then he [Saadillah Mursjid] “Pak Harto will continue to bear the mistakes of his ministers who may also be so foolish,” he added.

Seeing current conditions, Amien assessed that Jokowi could have been abandoned by his ministers. Moreover, he continued, some ministers only had a lot of money, but minimal populist attitude.

“O God, so I’m just warning [Jokowi] refer to the fate of Pak Harto. “He was very strong at that time, when his ministers left it became porous, became a victim,” added Amien Rais.

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President Joko Widodo highlighted the low realization of ministry spending in the health sector at the Plenary Cabinet Meeting, Thursday (6/18/2020). This was revealed in an internal meeting video containing the direction of President Jokowi’s newly uploaded official channel of the Presidential Secretariat on YouTube, Sunday (6/28/2020).

Jokowi gave an example of the realization of spending in the health sector which received a budget of Rp75 trillion. The impact is that the money supply in the community is blocked. Payment of allowances, continued Jokowi, for doctors, specialist doctors, medical personnel, must be issued immediately. In addition, shopping for equipment was immediately realized.

Source: JIBI / Bisnis Indonesia

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