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Senin, 18 Mei 1998

Kesenjangan Sosial, Ekonomi, dan Politik

ANALISIS KWIK KIAN GIE

Semuanya sepakat bahwa apa yang terjadi di Tanah Air, terutama di Jakarta, dengan dan setelah gugurnya beberapa mahasiswa Universitas Trisakti, para anggota aparat keamanan, dan anggota masyarakat, termasuk kaum miskin yang melakukan penjarahan, sangat memilukan, mencemaskan, menyedihkan, mengerikan, menakutkan, dan seterusnya. Apakah kesemuanya ini masih kurang dan masih akan terjadi peristiwa-peristiwa destruktif yang lebih hebat lagi di hari-hari mendatang?

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18 Mei 1998

Suasana Solo masih Mencekam

BANDUNG -- Menyusul aksi kekerasan dan penjarahan yang terjadi di Jakarta Kamis dan Jumat lalu, aktivitas di sejumlah daerah berangsur pulih. Namun, di sejumlah tempat -- seperti di Solo -- suasana masih tampak mencekam.

 
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May 18, 1998   
Morning Edition
Suharto Advised to Abdicate -- NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the latest developments in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Anti-Suharto protests intensified upon the return of the country's president from Cairo last Friday, and this morning House Speaker Harmoko has formally advised the 76-year-old leader to step down. (4:31)

Suharto's Status -- Host Bob Edwards talks with Alan Dupont, former Australian diplomat stationed in Indonesia - now director of the Asia Pacific Security program at the Strategic and Defense Studies Center at Australian National University - about Suharto's status amidst all the unrest and violence. (3:59)

All Things Considered
Indonesia -- NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports that Indonesia's top political leaders have turned against President Suharto, but the military seems to be standing behind him amid increasing pressure for the aging president to resign. The Speaker of the House says the factions that make up parliament will meet tomorrow to officially call on Suharto to leave office. (5:00)

Indonesia and the G-8 -- Commentator Iain Guest says that the crisis in Indonesia has exposed the less-than-perfect policies and practices of the International Monetary Fund. He says that the Birmingham summit has provided a perfect opportunity for world leaders to give up their pretenses at global economic reform. (3:30)