The government has been patient with the opposition parties far too long, with their newspapers continually abusing the freedom of the press and hiding behind their democratic rights to conduct activities which are endangering the state. The attorney general should take speedy action against those who abuse their democratic rights to destroy our beloved republic and make a mockery of our proclamation of independence.
It is also obvious why the attacks of the opposition on the government, and on the personal affairs of several individual cabinet ministers, have reached a peak at precisely the time these leaders are attending the debates on West Irian at the United Nations. Their actions coincide with Dutch efforts to ruin the reputation of the Indonesian Republic abroad in order to defeat
