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Poverty and terrorism There are many causes of terrorism but one of the prime causes for a person becoming terrorist is being poor, meaning poverty leads to terrorism. Reading the editorial in The Jakarta Post dated Oct. 12, titled Bali: May peace prevail, it states: "A nationwide campaign against terrorism seems to be bearing significant fruit." This is commendable and credit goes to various security agencies, especially to the police forces under Gen. Sutanto. In this context, as we all know that there is already a body known as Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), I would like to suggest to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono the formation of a KPK, called Poverty Eradication Commission. If I am not wrong, a similar body was formed during the presidency of Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, under the chairmanship of H.S. Dillon, but this body was not able to do much work. After Megawati Soekarnoputri took over the presidency from Gus Dur this body was declared "defunct". Now two years has passed since Yudhoyono became President, directly elected by the people. As the President he has made a lot of progress in many fields, so it would be good if a new KPK was formed for the eradication of poverty. Poverty is like a tree that yields the fruit known as terrorism; it's a tree that must be chopped down, meaning poverty must be totally eradicated. It is said, "In a state where the ruler lives like a common man, the citizens live like kings." At present we see the President live like a common man, mingling with them, asking them their problems. President Yudhoyono is becoming more popular with his brave actions, in bringing criminals to court and giving them hard punishment where it means supremacy of the law exists. Even Australian Prime Minister John Howard, speaking in the Australian Parliament to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Bali bombings, was all praise for Indonesia's President, saying his commitment to fighting terrorism is "undoubted and unconditional". President Yudhoyono is trying hard to bring investors back to Indonesia and create stability and security in the country. This will definitely lead to the eradication of poverty by opening new job opportunities. What people need now is affordable food, education, clothing, medicine and housing. This will eradicate poverty and end terrorism in our country. Once and for all Indonesia will be free from terrorists and terrorism. MANMOHAN SINGH Jakarta [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
