Mungkin yang kaya gini dianggap tidak moderat.. Yang moderat tuh yang membuka keran impor selebar-lebarnya secara eksplisit maupun malu" tapi mau.. Lah wong yang berkuasa kan mafioso.. eh mafia sono noh..
Maju terus Bang Drajat.. Aksi ente sebagai satu"nya anggota DPR (dari fraksi PAN) yang menolak kenaikan harga BBM perlu didukung.. Semoga tetap konsisten dengan aspirasi publik. CMIIW.. Wassalam, Irwan.K 2005/9/29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Nah, ekonom yang kaya gitu yang mesti diangkat dan kita salut > atas sikapnya, bagaimana dengan ekonomi lain yang membebek pada > kebijakan WB dan IMF!? > Mimin > > > Dari milis pantau: > > Rio > > ================================ > > Anggota DPR Dr. Dradjad Wibowo "diusir" keluar dari > > pertemuan tingkat menteri negara-negara G24 tgl 23 > > Sept kemarin. Dradjad hadir dalam pertemuan itu > > sebagai salah satu wakil parlemen dunia yang > > menandatangani petisi internasional yang menyerukan > > adanya pengawasan demokrasi pada kebijakan World Bank > > dan IMF (lihat http://www.ippinfo.org). > > > > -nh- > > > > ---------------------------- Original Message -- > > Subject: IMF in Astonishing Attack on Democracy > > From: "James Riker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, September 27, 2005 3:14 am > > To: "James Riker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > IMF in Astonishing Attack on Democracy > > Parliamentarians Removed from G24 > > Ministers Meeting > > > > In an extraordinary demonstration of how the IMF > > habitually bullies poor countries, and of its > > opposition to democratic scrutiny of its own > > activities, senior IMF staff threw two Members of > > Parliament (MPs) out of the meeting of the Group of 24 > > Developing Country Ministers on the 23 September 2005. > > Dr. Dradjad Wibowo MP from Indonesia and Hon. Mohammed > > Jagri MP from Ghana had been invited to attend the > > meeting by the G24 Secretariat to present a petition > > calling for democratic oversight of World Bank and IMF > > policies, and to question World Bank President Paul > > Wolfowitz and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato. The > > International Parliamentarians Petition (IPP) has been > > signed by over 1100 MPs from 55 parliaments. > > > > > > The MPs, who were sitting next to the Saudi Foreign > > Minister at the time, were removed on the orders of > > the IMF's parliamentary liaison officer Patrick > > Cricillo, and Mr. Parmeshwa Ramlogan, an advisor to > > Mr. Rato. The IMF tried to justify their actions on > > the grounds that they believed the MPs did not have > > permission to attend the meetings, but they did not > > even check with the G24 Chair, Mr. Paul Toungui first. > > When his staff informed him about what had happened, > > Mr. Toungui rightly ensured the MPs were allowed back > > in, but it was too late for them to deliver their > > petition or raise the issue with Rato and Wolfowitz. > > It has also since emerged that the IMF had been > > putting pressure on the G24 not to allow the MPs in to > > start with. > > > > The IMF's media line is that they thought the MPs were > > civil society people with no right to be at the > > meeting. This is a bare-faced lie. Mr. Cricillo and > > Mr. Ramlogan were repeatedly informed of the status of > > the MPs before, during and after their removal by both > > the MPs and those there as aides. Furthermore, Mr. > > Wibowo had an official Delegates badge, and Mr. > > Jagri a Visitors pass both clearly displayed. > > > > Before they were removed Martin Powell, of the World > > Development Movement said to Mr. Ramlogan, "Do you > > really think two MPs would travel half way round the > > world on the off chance they could walk into a G24 > > Ministers meeting? Of course they have permission to > > be there. Have you checked with the Chair?" > > > > Hon. Mohammed Jagri MP (Ghana) said, "It should beggar > > belief for the IMF to throw MPs out of a poor country > > ministers meeting to stop them presenting a petition > > calling for democratic accountability of the IMF > > itself. In fact this is just one more demonstration of > > how the IMF actively undermines democracy in poor > > countries, by riding roughshod over governments, > > parliaments and the people they represent. How can the > > IMF preach transparency and accountability to poor > > countries when they behave like this?" > > > > Would the IMF have removed a US Senator and the Chair > > of the UK Treasury Select Committee in this way? No. > > This is therefore clear discrimination too. In any > > case, who are the IMF to dictate to the G24 who > > they can and can't have at their meetings? > > > > Despite promising to let poor countries determine > > their own paths to development, the World Bank and IMF > > continue to impose economic conditions like > > privatisation and trade liberalisation in exchange for > > debt relief, loans, and aid. In so doing they often > > over-ride national parliaments, undermine democracy > > and increase poverty. The Petition was originally > > presented to Bank and Fund staff at the Spring > > meetings when MPs were told they should take their > > concerns to shareholders. Clearly the > > IMF had no intention of letting that actually happen. > > > > This action shows once again that all the IMF's talk > > of country ownership and participation in > > decision-making processes is nothing more than empty > > rhetoric. For senior IMF staff to treat elected > > representatives of citizens of poor countries with > > such contempt exposes an astonishing disrespect for > > the sovereignty of national parliaments. To now > > pretend they didn't know they were MPs is an insult to > > our > > intelligence. > > > > > > Please circulate this widely. > > > > Martin Powell, > > World Development Movement. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.wdm.org.uk <http://www.wdm.org.uk> > > > > Notes > > 1. The Petition is supported by a range of > > parliamentary and civil society groups including the > > Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB), UK > > All Party Parliamentary Group on Debt, Aid and Trade, > > Action Aid, Christian Aid, Afrodad, Development Gap, > > Third World Network. See > > www.ippinfo.org <http://www.ippinfo.org> <http://www.ippinfo.org/> for > more > > information on the > > petition and signatories. > > > > 2. International Parliamentarians' Petition for > > Democratic Oversight of IMF and World Bank Policies > > > > We the undersigned Parliamentarians; > > > > Noting this is the 60th anniversary year of the > > creation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and > > World Bank - the Bretton Woods > > Institutions (BWIs). > > > > Recognising that the IMF and World Bank have voiced a > > commitment to ensuring individual countries determine > > their own economic policies. > > > > Noting that key economic policies continue to be > > imposed by both the World Bank and IMF as conditions > > for receiving debt relief and new loans, with > > the Boards of the BWIs retaining the power of veto > > over all measures including those in Poverty Reduction > > Strategy Papers. > > > > We therefore call on the BWIs and their principal > > shareholders to ensure that the democratically elected > > representatives of recipient nations are the final > > arbiters of all economic policies in their countries. > > It is vital that national parliaments in recipient > > nations have the right and obligation to be fully > > involved in the development and scrutiny of all > > measures associated with BWI activities within their > > borders, and hold the final power of ratification. > > > > Ensuring the primacy of sovereign national parliaments > > in this way will improve implementation of measures to > > reduce poverty, enhance good > > governance, and foster democracy. > > > > ****************************************************** > > Jim Riker, Ph.D. > > Associate Director > > The Democracy Collaborative > > University of Maryland > > 1230 Tawes Hall > > College Park, MD 20742-7255 USA > > Phone: 301-405-9967 > > Fax: 301-314-2533 > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Web: www.DemocracyCollaborative.org<http://www.DemocracyCollaborative.org> > > > > "Engaged Scholarship and Informed Practice for a > > Democratic World" > > ******************************************************* > > " A great democracy has got to be progressive or it > > will cease to be great or a democracy" > > -- Theodore Roosevelt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! 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