Investigating and prosecuting judges who have engaged in corrupt practices. The word must go out that in a new Indonesia, no one is above the law and the laws will be fairly enforced. The United States and the international community should be prepared to help Indonesia with its ambitious reform agenda. We have signaled that we are ready to work with other Paris Club creditors to achieve a further rescheduling of Indonesia's obligations. Indonesia's most pressing economic challenges are in many ways more political than economic.
Progress depends critically on the political capacity of the government to act.
The new government has outlined a credible program of political change and economic reform. Combined with the general improvement in the economic environment in Asia and the world economy as a whole, this creates the potential for substantial and enduring improvement in economic conditions for the people of this important nation.