SBY's performance

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Tue, 10/23/2007 4:15 PM  |  Opinion

Stability and consistency of economic condition are positive improvements of the government, but it still can't reduce the poverty index.

ABE
Yogyakarta

SBY seems a bit sluggish in making decisions, he should be more firm and dynamic in his actions. HENRICUS
Jakarta

SBY's most important achievement is also his biggest weakness. It is fighting corruption. ANDOKO D
Jakarta

There is no significant improvement; his weakness is no leadership. LARRY
Jakarta

SBY's military background with civilized atmosphere has enticed the world leaders' support and admiration. The last reason is that he is handsome. Beauty beats the beast. ODO FADLOELI
Bandung

His important achievement is better economy, while his biggest weakness is indecision. ARSHA
Jakarta

I cannot believe his minimum action taken for environmental issues on the micro and mega levels in Indonesia. Only for this, you should replace the President. DAVID
Yogyakarta

Keeping stability is one of the president's great achievements. He is also trying hard to give a sound performance in world diplomacy. While his indecisiveness, his lack of courage to bring Soeharto to court and the long investigation of the Munir case are among his weaknesses. JUJU JUBAEDAH
Bandung

The most important achievement of President SBY building the spirit of people to understand who is the real leader of Indonesia.

His weaknesses is his slowness. Many of his actions were late. He acted like a scientist by consulting the literature, data, statistics in the way a staff member would. He might be suffering from an inferiority complex. JOKO SUKISNO
Bogor, West Java

SBY's achievement is a one-step move forward in law enforcement. But he has not fought corruption with a total war. He needs greater commitment and stricter laws.

His biggest weakness is that he is a former Army general and his former boss, who is also a former general, is still alive. He also doesn't control seats in the House of Representatives. JOHN W. GIRSANG
Jakarta

SBY's strength is that he is a new figure and he is smarter than old presidents, while his weakness is he is not firm and too slow to catch corruptors and handle other problems. MIRA
Bandung

I think President SBY is trying his best to be a good leader for Indonesia, even though it is difficult. His weakness is that he is too cautious. But overall I think he is a good man. l wish him all the very best to make the country a success. ZARINE FARID
Jakarta

Sby's most important achievement is he made progress in domestic terrorism issue. His biggest weakness is he has failed to build good governance. ALEX
Jakarta

SBY has brought peace to Aceh. This is a valuable achievement. He has no significant weakness. FAUZAN BAABUD
Banda Aceh

The biggest achievement of SBY probably is his election as President. He will do better if he can rein in the religious extremists who tarnish religion.

Whatever they (these extremists) do is not for the good of religion, as they claim, but for political reasons. SBY and his team can't let this get out of control for the sake of millions of innocent and liberal thinking Indonesians.

Pancasila should always be our guiding light and Bineka Tunggal Ika our way of life. SBY should not falter in fighting religious extremists and corruption. CECILIA G.
Kuala Lumpur

President SBY needs more than one term to govern and lead a big country out of its current problems. To be more effective in his administration, he deserves to have another term. CINDY SEAH
Ubud, Bali

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