IDEAS EMERGING TO REVIVE INDONESIA'S PAST STATE POLICY GUIDELINES

By Andi Abdussalam

Jakarta, Dec 16 (Antara) - Some quarters have come up with the idea of reviving the obsolete State Policy Guidelines (GBHN) amidst concerns that the country in the current reforms era has no clear developmental goals.          But others pointed out that the reintroduction of the GBHN, which was earlier used by the President during the New Order Government for over three decades to direct national development, was difficult to implement and even described it as a setback to the Constitution, an amendment for which has been made.          "The targets and direction of development of the current government over the past decade are still unclear. As a result, some quarters raised the idea to revive the GBHN," Member of the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission II on Home Affairs Jazuli Juwaini stated on Thursday.          "The directions should be made clear so that the people can evaluate the government's performance after five or ten years," the legislator added. Jazuli said that people will not raise the idea of reviving the GBHN if they can clearly see the direction and targets of development.          The idea to return to the GBHN was raised during a Nationhood Congress carrying the theme "The Nation's Directions In the Run-Up To 100 Years Of Its Independence," which was organized by the Media Editors' Forum on Tuesday, last week.