Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The people should throw their weight behind the government, no matter how disorderly it is, and turn away from any attempts to have it prematurely removed, a noted politician says.

"We should give the government a chance to do what it believes is best for this country until the end of its serving period," former speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, Amien Rais, said Monday on the sidelines of a discussion on leadership.

"If any attempt of impeachment is allowed, then the amendment of the 1945 Constitution would be useless." The amended 1945 Constitution has made it much more difficult to impeach the President.

"After an administration's term is complete, it's time for us to evaluate whether the government has succeeded in solving the country's problems. If it is considered a failure, then the next incumbent should do better," he added.

Amien also urged independent candidates to run in the upcoming general election.

"I think independent candidates can be as good as those who are backed by political parties. The most important things are that each of them doesn't try to topple each other and that the public is allowed to choose who they believe to be their best leader."

Much grievance has emerged over several key decisions made by the current government, with critics saying it has failed to settle various problems including outstanding graft cases, human rights violations and disasters, such as the Sidoarjo mudflow.

"Indonesia will likely be an unfinished country if the government is unsuccessful in solving the country's problems," Amien added. He suggested the time had arrived to establish a new form of leadership that could emphasize "consanguinity and togetherness".

Amien said that to build a better country, a moral and bureaucratic overhaul would also be required.

Meanwhile, Yudi Latif, a political analyst from the Reform Institute, said that to solve the mistakes of past administrations, the government should implement a comprehensive one-size-fits-all solution, for example, by taking a "truth and reconciliation" approach.

"Many cases that occurred in the past are too complicated to solve, while the government is supposed to not only handle the past mistakes, but also move forward to manage the country," he said.

"Take fraud or graft cases as examples... If such cases are too difficult to be solved legally, then the government should try finding a political solution," he suggested.

A political solution, he said, would entail the government forgiving the perpetrators of past crimes and freeing them from the legal repercussions, providing they admit their guilt and return stolen assets to the state.

He said this would be an effective way to settle the unfinished cases. "If legal solutions take a long time to settle the problems, maybe the government should try an alternative way."

He said a "reversal-proof" principle could be applied to urge the perpetrators to confess, meaning that if they deny their implication in a case, they have to be able to prove it.