To all, Below is message to me from Mr. Mark Schlansky, an Executive from Boeing that I know through Uplift International. Mr. Schlansky is true gentleman and he's devoted his time and energy for our needy fellow Indonesians. He's performed numerous airlift missions to hospitals around Southeast Asia (including to RSCM, and several other hospitals in Java and Sulawesi), in which, most of medical supplies were airlifted using FedEx's carriers. If you would like to donate or simply would like to know more about its current missions, you can visit: http://www.upliftinternational.org Thanks and may God bless our good deeds! -- Indi Visit my world: http://pagina.de/indradi
Indi: I agree with your sentiments on the election. I spoke with former President Jimmy Carter about this a few months ago. He seemed more focused on Latin America at the time. I just returned from Indonesia. I began making arrangements for the next airlift of medicine and medical supplies. I am trying to get it there around 1 April. In addition to Surabaya and Jakarta, we will send medicines to Banda Aceh, Cirebon and Tegal. I wanted to send some to Medan, but they were not responsive to my requests for information after my visit there last week. The country was pretty calm during the two weeks I was there. The only demonstrations I saw were in Aceh. However, the May and June are sure to be very active months!!!!!!!! Keep plugging away. Best regards, Mark Mark Schlansky Chairman & CEO UPLIFT International 703-451-1002 phone 703-451-1349 fax
======================================================================== February 23, 1999 To: The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright Mr. Harold Koh The Honorable Senator Jesse Helms The Honorable Senator Joseph Biden The Honorable Senator Craig Thomas The Honorable Congressman Benjamin Gilman From: Indi Soemardjan Citizen of the Republic of Indonesia Subject: A Special Request for Comprehensive Electoral Observations ======================================================================== Dear Madame and Sirs; The coming Election is a critical step toward a true democratic Indonesia. Without democracy, there will be no stability. It is imperative that the coming elections in Indonesia are fair, open and credible as this will renew confidence--not only in Indonesia's ability to restore law and order, but also in its prospects as a viable place to do business. The active participation in election monitoring by the international community, including the United States, is critical to ensure fair, open and transparent elections. Although President Habibie said that he does not oppose the idea of having foreign observers at the Election, he has never done anything about it. President Habibie has not sent formal invitations to pro democracy countries and organizations to send election observers. So far, the Government of Indonesia has only welcomed technical support for the elections, under the coordination of the United Nations Development Program. The participation of IRI, NDI, IFES and ACILS are limited to election assistance. Without the invitation from the Head of the State, they will not have the mandate to monitor the electoral processes. Without international observers to monitor the electoral processes and participate in a comprehensive observations, the elections will be easily manipulated and will not be credible. As member of IMF, World Trade Organization, Bilateral Aid Agencies and many other international economical aid organizations, the US plays a key role. In addition, the S.2334 bill has approved not less than $ 100. Millions taxpayers' money as economic aid to Indonesia. I am appealing to the US to withhold all above economic aid to Indonesia, until President Habibie demonstrate his seriousness on a democratic election. Therefore, we request, please do all possible in your capacity to pressure President Habibie to: 1. invite Asean and Asian countries, Japan, European Union countries, Australia, Canada , United States, the Carter Center and other non-governmental organizations to send election observers to Indonesia to monitor the electoral processes. 2. request the United Nations to coordinate the international observers to participate in comprehensive observations, allowing the international observers to be present at any polling station along with national observers, to monitor the entire electoral process, from voter registration, campaign and voting processes, ballots distribution and votes tallying. In light of the above propositions, I understand that Ms. Madeleine Albright is planning a visit to Indonesia, Feb 28 - March 6, 1999 (including to China and Thailand). Thank you for your attention and consideration of the matters. Sincerely, Indi Soemardjan Memphis, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
