Saya sependapat dengan Arief Budiman. Diperlukan kearifan untuk
memilah-milah karya dan sikap politik seseorang. Menghentikan tindakan atas
motif balas dendam dan memulai tradisi baru. Mendengarkan kebenaran pendapat
seseorang ketimbang melihat siapa yang mengatakan-nya. Dalam kasus Pamoedya,
saya rasa ia juga sudah menjalani hukumannya (walau saya tidak tahu pasti
apakah melalui pengadilan yang bebas dan adil), karenanya tidaklah perlu
terus memperpanjang hukuman atas tindakan-nya di masa lalu, walau tidak
berarti menghapusnya dalam catatan sejarah.
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From: Mohammad Rosadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 8:51 AM
Subject: Fwd: Re: [bincang] Artikel Arief Budiman (Masih soal Pram)
> Berikut saya postingkan beberapa email dari seorang rekan mengenai
> Pramoedya Ananta Toer yang akan menerima Doctor HC dari Univ. of
> Michigan dan pernah ditahan di P. Buru, serta pernah menerima hadiah
> Ramon Magsaysay dari pemerintah Filipina/Ford Foundation itu.
>
> Semoga bermanfaat bagi rekan-rekan dalam menilai tokoh yg satu ini.
>
> Salam
> Mohamad Rosadi
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> >From: "Anies Baswedan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Anies Baswedan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Bincang Permias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [bincang] Artikel Arief Budiman (Masih soal Pram)
> >Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:22:15 -0500
> >
> >Pengantar:
> >
> >Dibawah ini saya lampirkan naskah artikelnya Arief Budiman dan Taufiq
> Ismail >yang berkaitan dengan Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Naskah asli kedua
> artikel tsb >ditulis dalam bahasa Indonesia dan dimuat di harian
> KOMPAS tgl 14 dan 21 Agustus 1995. Arief Budiman dan Taufiq Ismail
> memiliki pandangan yang >berbeda mengenai sikap "kita" terhadap
> Pramoedya, karena itu kedua artikel ini -mungkin- akan bisa membantu
> kita dalam belajar membaca dan menilai sejarah secara jujur. Meskipun
> mereka berbeda pandangan ttg sikap thd Pramoedya, tapi kedua penulis
> ini sepaham dan menguatkan fakta sejarah, bahwa ketika "berkuasa",
> Pramoedya berperan besar dalam menindas kebebasan berkarya, suatu
> peran yang tidak pernah bisa dilakukan oleh seorang >sastrawan,
> budayawan, ataupun demokrat yang sejati.
> >
> >Salam, AB
> >
> >Note: Nomor catatan kaki ditulis di dalam parenthesis ( )
> >
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> >PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER, THE MAGSAYSAY AWARD AND THE NEW CULTURE
> >by Arief Budiman
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> >This writer does not forget what Pram did in the early 1960's....
> But >Arief, one of Manifes Kebudayaan signatories, got the impression
> that his >former fellow signatories were retaliating by signing the
> Magsaysay >statement .... I promise to myself, he said, that whenever
> I get power, I am >not going to suppress the freedom of others....
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>
> >Lately, a number of well-known writers made a statement protesting
> the Magsaysay Award extended to Pramoedya Ananta Toer. This statement,
> among others, was signed by Taufiq Ismail (originator), Mochtar Lubis,
> HB Jassin, >Rosihan Anwar, Asrul Sani, Wiratmo Soekito, WS Rendra, and
> more.
> Several of >them were signatories of the Manifes Kebudayaan, a
> cultural manifesto >defending the rights of creative freedom, later on
> banned by President Soekarno in 1964.
> >
> >It was asserted in the statement that Pramoedya directed campaigns
> against >non-communist artists in the early 1960's, by accusing them
> being anti >Manipol-Usdek >and therefore counter-revolutionaries.
> These campaigns in many ways >contributed to >the banning of the
> Manifes Kebudayaan or Manikebu. Until today Pram has >never openly
> regretted at what he did at that time.
>
> >By presenting the award to Pram, the Magsaysay Award Foundation
> implicitly >approved his actions in suppressing creative life then.
> The statement also >asserted that it would be quite an irony that Pram
> would be sitting on the >same bench with Mochtar Lubis, a fighter for
> freedom of expression who is >also a Magsaysay awardee some years
> ago.
>
> >I was informed about the statement when I was visiting Pesantren
> Raudhatut >Thalibien in Rembang. I had breakfast sitting on a mat on
> the floor with KH >Cholil Bisri, KH Mustofa Bisri, and several other
> kiai, santri and other >guests. Gus Mus (KH Mustofa Bisri) brought me
> a fresh fax letter from Taufiq >Ismail addressed to me, asking whether
> I agree with the statement written in >the fax..
> >
> >After reading it, people around me (especially the journalists)
> immediately asked me on its content. Believing that it had a national
> significance, I informed them. I stated my assessment. I disagreed
> with the statement, and I >asked for their comments on my opinion. I
> felt lucky the fax arrived at a >time when I was in the middle of
> those enlightened people, so that I could >discuss it together with
> them. Suddenly it became a lively discussion.
>
> >Why did I refuse to sign the statement?
>
> >I was one of Manifes Kebudayaan signatories, and therefore I was one
> of the >victims of Pram's vicious witch-hunting campaigns those
> years. I was denied >the right to write in the mass media, as I was
> accused being a >counter-revolutionary Manikebuist, lackey of
> neo-colonialists cum >imperialists. I was badly hurt, and I was
> hopeless. The "sins" that I >committed was writing down my opinion on
> the freedom of man, and this right >of mine can not be embezzled from
> me by the regime. I am against the idea >of using work of arts for
> partisan or political interests, especially for >the political
> advantage of those in power.
>
> >Confronted by this unfair treatment, I can only promise myself that
> whenever >I get power, I am not going to suppress the freedom of
> others. At that time, >I remember Wiratmo Soekito saying that an
> intellectual has no resentment >when he is suppressed, and does not
> suppress others when he gets into power.
>
> >I remember his words very clearly.
>
> >The situation was getting worse every day. The signatories and
> supporters of Manikebu were prevented from getting published and fired
> from their jobs in the government. Wiratmo Soekito lost his position
> in the Radio Republik Indonesia, HB Jassin in the Faculty of
> Literature, University of Indonesia, and many colleagues of mine could
> not write in the mass media.
>
> Observing this, I became so depressed. I saw the tyrannical power
> culture clenching everything around me. I promised myself again that I
> shall try to establish >a new culture in which power is not used to
> suppress opinion. I became sure >that pluralism is the best menu to
> offer this nation.
> >
> >
> >Pramoedya and the Magsaysay Award
>
> >Changes occured. Now we enter 1995, the year of the 50th anniversary
> of our independence. Colourful bulbs adore villages and cities, hills
> and flatlands. And Pramoedya Ananta Toer received Magsaysay Award.
>
> >I am one of the admirers of Pram's works since my elementary school
> years up to now. Therefore I appreciate Magsaysay's award to him. For
> me, the award is appropriate to be extended to one of the best
> Indonesian writers.
> >
> >What about what he did in the early 1960's? Have I forgotten that?
> Not at all. I just can not forget that, although I already tried. But
> I want to be positive about the past experience.
> >
> >For me, the problem we are facing today is not simply to take
> revenge. I do not wish to stick to the past culture in which those in
> power always want to use their might to "beat up" their weaker
> adversaries, especially when (we think) they did us wrong in the past.
> Therefore, our problem today is, are we willing to create a new
> culture in which power is not abused without limit? Can we put aside
> our personal animosity from the new culture that we want to establish?
>
> >I remember my personal promises. I do not want to take the stand that
> Pram took, to prevent one from getting an award that he deserves, just
> because he is our adversary. If we do this, we revive the culture that
> we once fought against. We do not create a better culture. So, who
> wins?
> >
> >On the other hand, if we respond to the Magsaysay Foundation decision
> >gratefully, we have proven that we get rid of the tyrannical power
> culture >clenching that we fought against. We are establishing a new
> culture in which >we respect each other's dignity, although the other
> has different points of view. I certainly hope that by stating this,
> Pram would agree more with me, that for an intellectual, human freedom
> is more precious than power.
>
> >Therefore I affirm here that I disagree with the statement initiated
> by Taufiq Ismail, which clearly asked the Foundation to cancel the
> award. (Over the telephone Taufiq explained that he just wanted to
> inform on what Pram did to the Foundation. However, the tone of the
> statement did not support Taufiq's words. Especially, Mochtar Lubis
> stated in Kompas, August 5, 1995 "even warned to return his Magsaysay
> award... if the foundation keeps its decision.") This viewpoint of
> mine was discussed with the kiai, santri and >journalists who happened
> to be present there. Gus Mus (KH Mustofa Bisri) >explicitly stated
> that he agreed with my point of view, as he thinks that >forgiveness
> and respect toward human freedom are foundations of Islam. The
> >same argument was also expressed by others.
> >
> >Furthermore I would like to mention that this viewpoint should be
> >cultivated within the young. The problem involved in forming this
> viewpoint >is not only in supporting or refusing Pramoedya Ananta
> Toer's Magsaysay >Award, but goes a lot deeper. With this attitude we
> are forming a new democratic culture in which pluralism of ideas may
> grow, in which we are not >trapped in a cycle of endless retaliations.
> We want to build a new breed of >people for this nation who do not use
> their power absolutely, "who has no >resentment when he is suppressed,
> and does not suppress others when he gets >into power."
>
> >I believe this nation needs such people. I believe all of us will
> contribute >greatly to this nation's future if we bring into existence
> this kind of >culture.***
> >
> >(Kompas daily, Monday, August 14, 1995, translated by A. Salman)
> >
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> >Arief Budiman, art critic, initiator of Manifes Kebudayaan (1963),
> >co-founder of the literary magazine Horison (1966). Degree in
> psychology (University of Indonesia) and Ph.D. in sociology (Harvard).
> He teaches in Australia.
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