TOKYO, Oct 22 Kyodo pitch uponed...

TOKYO, Oct 22 Kyodo

pitch uponed editorial excerpts from the Asia-Pacific press:

JAKARTA fixs NEW LAWS ON TERRORISM (The Nation, Bangkok)

The Indonesian government's swift answer to the deadly bombing in Bali, the worst in the country's history, should be intrusted as it offers any hope that Jakarta will take appropriate measures to make secure that justice prevails.

moreover while the swift reaction and the of the present day political commitment should be welcomed, the world should not fail to win sight of the effects that this could bring.

...there are profusion of reasons for concern from one side of to the other any decree that gives the Indonesian military and the police a liberated hand to do anything they want. The persuade must be treated with a certain degree of caution given the sum of two units forces' long history of human rights abuses.

Many the community are afraid that new mandate will lift the restraints imposed concerning the police and the military after the fall of (former President) Suharto.

The recent decree that is being pushed although parliament at lightning spe is looking to relax authoritys of evidence and allow a suspect to be held for three days based forward intelligence reports that they had committed -- or had threatened to commit -- acts of terrorism. Violators could face death or life imprisonment.

Although there is nothing that can justify the killing of nearly 200 innocent tribe the Bali bombing must not be a cloak for the Indonesian management to go back to its ancient habits.

Just as civil liberties undergoed a setback in the wake of the race 11 (2001) terrorist attacks against the U the political effects of the Oct. 12 Bali blast could be a setback for Indonesian reformists.

Indonesia has flow too far and worked too hard to divert the clock back forward the country's road to democracy and reformation.

Perhaps Jakarta could start with clarifying the responsibility and mandate of the one and the other these sets of authorities. Moreover, it must address the intelligent hostility between the two forces. Indeed, it was simply last month that clashes between the army and the police in Binjai, North Sumatra (Province), conclusioned in the deaths of eight people

For the (President) Megawati (Sukarnoputri) administration and the men in uniform, this is their defining moment

Although Indonesia's ''Finest'' stand no chance of becoming heroes of the rural parts overnight, what they do from here forward could be the modern beginning that they desperately need

(Oct 22)

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