Indonesians have spoken out against their politicians in a newspaper survey. They say their leaders show little regard for the country's 200 million people and have not done enough to bring former president Suharto to justice.

There were 680 respondents to the survey conducted by Media Indonesia daily on the Internet earlier this month. More than 95 percent of respondents say they believe politicians were preoccupied with maintaining power or the interests of their political parties. Half of them also say that their leaders had no sense of priority about what needs to be done to help the country recover from the economic crisis.

But the issue that most annoyed them, was the corruption investigation involving Mr Suharto. For them, bringing the former leader to account is vital for the country to move away from the shadow of his iron rule.

The survey underscores the level of disappointment at the government of President Abdurrahman Wahid who took power in the country's first contested presidential election last October.

His most unpopular decision, according to respondents, was his plan to end a decades-old ban on communism. And that the issue most likely to bring him down, was a scandal involving the theft of US$4.1 million from state commodities regulator Bulog. They added that the key issue for the country now was to revive the economy.