The cooperatives minister spoke with Asiaweek's Jose Manuel Tesoro and Tom McCawley. This is not healthy. You cannot build true stability on injustice.
True reform means empowering the very small in order to create a strong middle class.
We have to establish a set of rules so that the people's economy is based on clear and open rule of law, including anti-trust legislation. We do not want to nationalize assets. But we have to limit the degree of ownership, which can create social tension. In Kalimantan, you have one company that controls 3.6 million hectares of land, as large as the United Kingdom. This is the result of the concentration of power during Suharto's time.