Dear Mr. Pires,
Not need to threaten Indonesia with an economic sanction.
Western countries, the US especially, have great interests in Indonesia.
For your record, never Western countries will take actions if there is no
benefit to their national economies and national security.
Humanitarian and morality will never be in the agenda for the realist
followers like Western governments. As the realism suggests, Indonesia and
many other developing countries are the pivotal states for the Western.
Those countries are the buffers to balance political and economic stability
in regions to support the existence of the Western. If you were aware that
the issues of human rights and civil freedom only emerged in international
discussions in earlier 1990s as a result of the end of the Cold War. (For
comparative studies: consider the UN's and the US' resistence in the Middle
East, Eastern Europe, and Africa as Mr. Siregar wrote.)
East Timor and many other incidents in Indonesia are very harmful to
Indonesians. Not Indonesians are involved in this chaos. This is a
particular group which believes in the national stability as the answer to a
peaceful transition, although this is not always true.
Good Bless all,
Notrida Mandica
>Mr. Pires,
>
>First of all, the Indonesian Government has recognized the result of the
>ballot in East Timor. That is, the majority of the people favored the
>independence of East Timor. There is no question about it. It is just up to
>the MPR to approve or reject it.
>
>Secondly, whatever you want to call Aitarak, Besi Merah Putih and 11 other
>groups who favor the integration with Indonesia, the members of these
>groups are East Timorese origin. In addition to these 35,000 people, there
>are about 7,000 East Timorese who are members of the Indonesian military
>and police force. Then, if you add an approximately 20,000 of East Timorese
>who are members of local civilian government, teachers, paramedics,
>administrative staffs, then you will come to 60,000 people. If you then add
>up their families and relatives you will come to an approximately 300,000
>people who believe that they have no future in the independent East Timor
>simply because they favored the integration.
>
>Third, this 300, 000 people were disappointed and feel betrayed by the
>conduct of many UNAMET staffs prior, during and after the ballot.
>Therefore, they protested and claimed voting irregularities were done by
>the UN officials. However, the UNAMET did not take these claims seriously,
>so that these people took the actions into their hands.
>
>Facing with this civil war situation, the Indonesian Government is left
>with very few options. The world still remember how the UN team just
>abandoned Rwanda which was on the brink of civil war several years ago. As
>a result, millions of people were killed during the civil war right after
>the UN team packed up and left. On another case just a couple months ago,
>the UN went out of Angola, another ex-Portugese colony which has been in
>civil war for decades which caused 600,000 people killed. If things went
>wrong in Rwanda, Angola or East Timor, the UN has an option to pack and
>leave the areas. But for these areas' neighboring countries, like
>Indonesia, we have no choice. Whether we like it or not, we have to face
>this problem and bear the consequences.
>
>Fourth, realizing this difficult situation, the Indonesian Government
>imposed martial law on the territory with only one objective: bring back
>the security and stability to the area. After 3 days of martial law,
>Secretary General Kofi Annan expressed his optimism that the stability on
>the ground has improved.
>
>Fifth, the martial law is not a permanent solution to the problem nor the
>best option. It's simply the only choice.
>
>Sixth, for those who advocate that Indonesia should just invite the UN to
>come and restore a peaceful situation, I would like to suggest you to study
>the UN records in handling the civil war crisis situation. They had given
>up and abandoned Rwanda and Angola (who coincidentally the country where
>David Wimhurst was stationed earlier), and still could not do anything to
>stop civil wars in Mozambique which caused 1.2 million killed and several
>other countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
>
>This is a very difficult and complex problem. The people of East Timor
>needs support and sympathy from each and everyone of us to bring back
>stability . The last thing they need are people with unrealistic idealism
>preaching about human rights to a society which is already in the civil war
>situation.
>
>Take care
>Mahendra Siregar
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Yes, is true people of East Timor, choose to become an independent
>country in August 30. Indonesia signed with United Nations and Portugal a
>trait for a referendum. Portugal and East Timor made is part and Indonesia
>kill everyone who vote for the independence. It�s a genocide. And the
>Aitarak are not militias. Aitarak is a part of the Indonesian militar corp.
>Is better for Indonesia left the UN take control of East Timor. If
>Indonesia don�t make nothing for the East Timor people in 24 years, why
>believe they will do now. Is like put the Chicken in the guard of the wolf.
>You ask where is Xanana Gusm�o. Xanana is where Indonesia government left
>him. You want Xanana go to East Timor? For what? To be kill for the
>military and militias. Is that what you want? Do you know Xanana�s father
>as been killed by the militias? Why kill a man of 82 years old? Only
>because is Xanana�s father. Why atack Catholic missions? Why atack Bishop
>Ximenes Belo and Bishop Basilio do Nascimento? Why kill her
> > staff? Why Kill people. The referendum was democratic. Why don�t accept
>the results of the referendum? And why Indonesian government prepare, since
>4 months ago refugees campus in the other part of Timor island? Because
>they know what Aitarak Militias and Military Corps want to do after the
>results. Why the Indonesian government don�t left the Humanitarian
>Organizations stay in East Timor? Why they take Journalists out of East
>Timor? Because they don�t want witness. The deportation is of pro
>independent people. 100 of people have been killed. You don�t see CNN, BBC
>News, NBC, and other TVs? Because they have movies of people been killed.
>Is intent of the Indonesian government even if they left East Timor, burn
>all houses to left nothing. But East Timor people only want is freedom.
>Only want to be and independent country. Be prepared, because the
>international community don�t accept this. Maybe in few days you have an
>economic disaster. European Community is prepared to stop buying
> > Indonesian products. And if United States stop too? What are you doing
>with indonesian products? You sell where?
> >
> > Take care
> >
> > Paulo Pires
> >
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