Djoko Tjiptono/HD, Jakarta – Anti-Golkar Party demonstration keeps to move. This Tuesday, around 400 residents from Jakarta came to the Supreme Court (MA) building on Jl Medan Merdeka Utara, Central Jakarta. They came to demand the disbandment of the Golkar Party. At the same time, second court against Golkar continues aimed at dissolving the Golkar Party.
Hundred of people went by teens of buses and arrived in front of the MA building at 12.45 Jakarta time, Tuesday. They then gathered at the green line and staged an oration mainly demanding the disbandment of Golkar Party.
They asked MA to dissolve the Golkar Party immediately. The Golkar party violated Law No 2/1999 on Political Parties and Article 9 of the law for failing to promote democracy, honesty and fairness in the 1999 general election. In the last 1999 general election, Golkar received donations exceeding Rp 90 billion from the the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), Rp 15 billion from Bank Bali and Rp 1 billion from the former chief of the Supreme Advisory Council (DPA), AA Baramuli.
Due to the Golkar's violations, the demonstrators ask the court to dissolve the party. They stretched their banners in fron of the MA building among them read, "dissolve Golkar within Legislative and Executive board, Watch out of Golkar's cadres at the Parliament."
At the MA building, in the same ime, a second court case against Golkar staged. This second court is presenting a hearing from the Golkar party's response represented lawyers OC Kaligis, Hotma Sitompoel, Ruhut Sitompul and Tony Sihotang. Around four trucks containing of security officials deployed to guard this court. Visitors looked being guarded tightly with mental detector equipment.
As known, the first suit filed by several non-governmental organisation (NGOs) against Golkar started last Friday (1/6/2001) aimed at dissolving the Golkar Party.
R.O. Tambunan of the Pijar Keadilan Law Office filed the suit on behalf of some 60 people grouped in five NGOs – Paguyuban Korban Orde Baru (Society for Victims of the New Order - Pakorba), Lembaga Perjuangan Rehabilitasi Pegawai Negeri Korban Rezim Orde Baru (Institute for the Rehabilitation of Civil Servant Victims of the New Order Regime), Gabungan Serikat Buruh Indonesia (Confederation of Independent Labor Unions - GSBI), Barisan Penyelamat Bangsa (Nation's Savior Front - Balabas), and Front Indonesia Semesta (Front for a Universal Indonesia - FIS).