Damning Omissions
PDI-P and Golkar Party politicians were reported to the police. There is proof that they intentionally removed sections. The war between those for and against tobacco in the DPR is not yet over.
March 24, 2010
THE proof is in the handwriting. It reads “Chapter 113. (2) removed.” Two lines are crossed out followed by the handwriting “(2) removed”. The handwriting continues “Section (3) becomes Section (2)”. Below this is the signature of the Chairman of the Special Committee for the Draft Health State Decree, Ribka Tjiptaning, a politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). Now Ribka is the Chairman of Commission 9 at
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