Re: Indonesia: PRD leader's dissident views

["Alan Bradley" <alanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Tom O'Lincoln"
> Muhammad Ma'ruf writes:
>
> We planned to publish this article in Pembebasan (Liberation), journal of

> the PRD. However because it was not agreed to by the National Executive
of
> the PRD, I am sending it to other media. Of course this does not
represent
> the official views of the PRD, but only PERSONAL views from me, who
happens
> to be the administrator (pengurus) of the Central Leading Committee of
the
> PRD and a member of the Editorial Board of Pembebasan. Because I feel
that
> these views of mind are the truth and need to be known to the whole
people
> of Indonesia so that they will not have illusions in the elite political
> figures who are known as reformers, I am publishing this article myself.

Fascinating.  I wonder what it means.  I guess we will need to wait for a
while to see what trajectory the different sides in this apparent dispute
take.

They are dealing with a different situation from when Suharto was in power.
 I am not particularly surprised that they have different perspectives on
what to do next.

Thanks for translating and posting it, Tom.

Alan Bradley
alanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx