Vol.64/No.24 June 19, 2000
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Indonesian students call for Suharto's prosecution
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Students in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, demand the prosecution of former dictatator Suharto on May 30. Since Suharto was forced to resign in mid-1998 amid mass protests, unionists, peasants, and fighters for democratic rights have taken advantage of the weakening of the regime to organize public protests to press their demands. The political instability is fueled by critical economic conditions and aspirations for democratic rights, including demands for national rights in East Timor, West Papua, and Aceh.
Indonesia's subordination to imperialist interests was underscored in early June when the director of the International Monetary Fund vetoed suggestions by government officials in Jakarta that they might impose capital controls to stabilize the country's currency, the rupiah. |
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