Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – University communities throughout the country, particularly those in Java, have committed themselves to a nationwide "moral pressure movement" aimed at helping put the country's reform agenda back on track, says Gadjah Mada University (UGM) rector Sofian Effendi.

"We have agreed to meet by the end of this month, or the beginning of next month at the latest, to set up a national steering committee [for the movement]," he told journalists on Saturday after officially closing a three-day seminar on reform in Yogyakarta.

Sofian said the committee would comprise representatives from all the universities nationwide. The meeting is scheduled to prepare an agenda of activities that universities will partake in ahead of the 2004 general elections, based on the conclusions of the seminar, he added.