Indonesia: deceptive silence.
Indonesia: deceptive silence.
The disturbing calm was established in streets of Djakarta. Still
The ashes have not cooled down, blood more than five hundred killed inhabitants has not dried up
The Indonesian capital.
Tanks and armoured troop-carriers patrol city centre. The president
Suharto has disposed to open fire on trouble-makers and marauders.
As occasion to revolt, as a matter of fact small civil war, has served
Recent increase of the prices for energy carriers, that, in particular, has led
To journey rise in price on transport. Students most loudly were indignant -
Social group, more others suffering from inflation, jumps of the prices,
Disorder of a society. But, I repeat, it was only an occasion, last
The drop which has exhaust all patienced. The reasons are much deeper.
The first echoes of an approaching storm were audible in the beginning of it
Year. The financial crisis which has burst in South East Asia has called
Landslide falling of the Indonesian currency - rupees. It has led, first,
To that workers and the employees receiving recently for day of job dollar,
Began to receive only 30 cents. Secondly, have sharply jumped up the prices on
The basic foodstuff. In January - February have almost disappeared from sale
Flour and pasta, vegetable oil and sugar. Deficiency became
Kerosene without which mistresses cannot make a dinner, and at home
Have plunged into a gloom.
Retail and wholesale trade in Indonesia basically supervise
Ethnic Chineses - here their three percent of the population. Against them
Have turned the anger of crowd of hungry people, believing, what exactly Chineses
Are guilty in all of them troubles.
In the end of March inflation in the country has accepted landslide character. If
Last autumn for US dollar gave 2,5 thousand rupees, in the beginning of spring
It cost already 12,5 thousand. The government has started on full turns
Press, there were hyperinflation first signs. Inhabitants of cities
Have rushed to exchange offices to change rupees for dollars.
President Suharto has made fine gesture: has refused the salary
In "advantage poor", having declared, that because of the burst economic crisis
Will live only on military pension. Alas, this gesture it of nobody
Has touched - in Indonesia all know, that the status of clan Suharto is estimated
In 40 billion dollars. Simultaneously he has called to the aid International
Currency fund.
IMF, as is known, are alien sentimenty. Having promised Djakarta the multi-billion
The help, it has laid down before it relentless conditions - to spend the radical
Economic reforms to establish the strict budgetary control, to spend
Rigid monetary and credit policy to dismiss many cartels. The minister
The finance of the USA Robert Rubin has told those days: "Suharto it is necessary to accept the such
Measures that people had a sensation, that he has incurred carrying out
Reforms as southern Koreans have arrived, tailandtsy and Mexicans ".
Suharto, the master of promises, has agreed on all conditions of IMF and has received
The first portion of money. Reforms, however, to spend did not hurry up. However,
Some banks were closed, have been declared by bankrupts of thousand small and
The average enterprises. Only in one Djakarta without job remains nearby
Two millions persons.
However carrying out of a deep economic reform for Indonesia
Means change of political structure of the country amazed with the unprecedented
Corruption and kumovstvom. One foreign journalist has joked: "the Father
Families and the father of nation Suharto does not do distinction between concepts a family and
The state. Its formula of success just also consists in, that the personal
Interests of heads coincided with interests of the country ".
At the father of the nation six children - three sons and three daughters, they
All without an exception that is called, at business. Oldest daughter Tatut, occupying
Post of the vice-president of party in power, after the recent
Re-elections of the father by the president became also the minister sotsobespechenija. Except
That, Tatut owns power station, bank, taxi park,
Roads and other expensive real estate. In hands of the average son
Suharto Banbanga the capital international airport, banks, the enterprises
Petrochemistry, TV and a network of hotels. Other children are not deprived also
The president. Younger son Tumi disposes of concern on manufacture
National car "Timor" and airline. The elder son - Sigid -
The known banker, and the second daughter Sit owns bank, means
Communications and the real estate.
But has put at all in what own or that offsprings head
The president. The main thing - for the sake of them the careful father writes or copies
Laws, generously distributes tax privileges to one and smothers taxes of others.
Whether it will be easy to change to it a way of life of the most people close to it?
Reforms, by itself, have stopped. Privatisation has hung in mid-air
State properties, upgrade of 164 state enterprises, an adoption of law about
Bankruptcy and creation of special court on analysis of commercial disputes,
Bills of privatisation of the state banks and removal of restrictions
On foreign participation in aktsionirovannyh banks...
The basic fault for mass actions of Indonesians Suharto assigns
On IMF: say, look, to what conduct recommendations of experts of fund.
However some experts believe, that to the country leaders are favourable
Mass disorders, it their itself also provokes. For what? For a twisting
Nuts, introductions of state of emergency that will allow Djakarta to ask IMF
About a delay of debts - and them has collected about 55 billion dollars.
The today's calm in cities of Indonesia is deceptive. Just about can
To burst new explosion which will be more feasible than the recent. In power
More than thirty years the president hardly probable will agree to concede to its another and will be
To the last to sit on bayonets. Meanwhile everywhere ask a question: does not become
Whether this spring in the autumn of the patriarch?
Vladimir LAPSKY,
The political analyst
"The Russian newspaper".
//* an information Source: the Russian newspaper, 19.05.98
//* Reg. Nom. - 1080500102.40-------------------------------------------
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