KOMENTAR:
AGO dengan tegas dan jelas menyatakan klaim sebagai wakil golongan militer yang
telah berhasil menumbangkan kekuasaan non-militer demokratis (non-military
democratic power) dan kini berusaha tetap mempertahankan hegemoninya dalam
kekuasaan negara. Ini berarti reformasi yang pernah dikumandangkan adalah
reformasi taktis atas sistim kekuasaan kaum militer model Jendral Soeharto yang
telah berjasa menumbangkan kekuasaan Republik Indonesia melalui coup de 'etat
model Aljazair tahun 60-an yang didukung secara politis oleh PB-CCPKI di bawah
pimpinan D.N. Aidit (lihat "Oto Kritik PolitBiro CC-PKI September 1966",
Penerbit Delegasi CC PKI Sepetember 1971).
Dengan demikian maka jalan demokratisasi model negara-negara Eropa Barat bagi
masyarakat dan negara RI menjadi tertutup rapat-rapat.
Bagaimana perkembangan sejarah Bangsa Indonesia selanjutnya? Ini bakal
bergantung kepada faktor-faktor yang sedang aktif bekerja di dalam masyarakat
Indonesia dan pengaruh faktor-faktor dari luar masyarakat Indonesia. Sejarah
kejayaan suatu bangsa terutama ditentukan oleh faktor-faktor yang aktif bekerja
di dalam diri bangsa sendiri dan faktor di luar hanya akan maqmpu berpengaruh
melalui faktor di dalamm tubuh bangsa. Dalam bahasa Al-Quranu al-Karim
"Innalaha yughayyiru ma bii kaumin hatta yu ghaiyyiru ma bii anfusihim - Allah
tidak akan mengubah nasib sesuatu golongan apabila golongan itu sendiri tidak
bersedia mengubahnya".
Republik Indonesia sebagai suatu negara yang bermasyarakat Muslimin dengan data
statistik 90% dengan lugas menunjukkan lemahnya pemahaman kaum Muslimin
terhadap Al-Dinu al-Islam yang diterima hanya sebagai suatu kepercayaan
(agama-theology). Sedangkan firman Allah swt menyatakan bahwa Al-Dinu al-Islam
adalah al-shirath bukan al-milat. Oleh karena itu al-diin tidak boleh dan tidak
dapat dipaksakan kepada manusia. Sebab manusia diberikan kebebasan untuk
menjalani hidupnya sesuai dengan jalan yang dipilihnya sendiri secara sukarela.
Walaupun Al-Dinu al-Islam adalah suatu Hukum alam semesta yang berlaku di dalam
satuan ruang-waktu. Kaum Muslimin sebagai mayoritas dalam masyarakat harus
berani mawas diri dan berani mengoreksi kesalahfahaman mereka terhadap Dinul
Islam sebagai suatu kepercayaan dan melempangkan pemahaman mereka terhadap
Dinul Islam sehingga mampu menjadikannya sebagai Jalan Hidup Satu-satunya bagi
manusia di Bumi.
Wassalam,
A.M
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Subject: [ppiindia] AGO claims exclusive authority to ban books
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/05/ago-claims-exclusive-authority-ban-books.html
AGO claims exclusive authority to ban books
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 01/05/2010 8:30 AM | Headlines
Fake it: A trader compares pirated and original versions of the Cikeas
Octopus, a controversial bestselling book about President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono's family business, at Palasari market, Bandung, West Java, on Monday.
The photocopied version sells for Rp 80,000 and the original copy Rp 125,000.
Antara/Agus Bebeng
While calls mount for the government to stop banning books, the Attorney
General's Office and the Justice and Human Rights Ministry are not seeing eye
to eye over which institution has the authority to do so.
Apparently irritated by statements made by Justice and Human Rights Minister
Patrialis Akbar
who said last week that his office was currently reviewing some 20 books to
see if they should be banned, the AGO asserted here Monday that only the
Attorney General had the authority to ban books.
"Others can only give recommendations," AGO spokesman Didiek Darmanto told
reporters at his office in Jakarta.
He said the Justice and Human Rights Ministry was not even included on the
inter-departmental "Clearing House" team authorized to review books considered
controversial.
The team will consist of officials from the police, State Intelligence Agency
(BIN), the Indonesian Military (TNI), the Religious Affairs Ministry and the
National Education Ministry.
"Results of the review from the team will then be submitted to the Attorney
General," he said.
The AGO referred to two laws that give them the authority to ban books. They
included Article 30 of the 2006 law on the AGO related to maintaining public
order, which specifies the AGO has the authority to monitor the circulation of
printed materials, and a 1963 law that specifies the Attorney General has the
power to forbid the circulation of printed materials that could disrupt public
order.
No regulations, however, specify that other ministries have similar powers,
but in a surprising announcement last week, Patrialis said that his ministry
had judged 20 books as very dangerous to the public because they were all
anti-government.
"We are currently evaluating 20 books that we consider provocative, and could
lead to disintegration within our nation," Patrialis said.
One official said the books largely concerned self determination, pluralism,
spirituality, corruption and history.
Speculation has emerged that George Junus Aditjondro's recently released
book, Membongkar Gurita Cikeas: Dibalik Skandal Bank Century (Unmasking the
Cikeas Octopus: Behind the Bank Century Scandal) suggests a link between
Pre-sident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the Bank Century bailout scandal.
Previously the AGO banned five books, including Dalih Pembunuhan Massal
Gerakan 30 September dan Kudeta Soeharto (Pretext for Mass Murder: The
September 30th Movement and Soeharto's Coup d'Etat) by John Roosa.
Human rights activists demanded the government and the House of
Representatives amend laws authorizing book banning, saying they were preparing
to file judicial review requests with the Constitutional Court.
The National Commission on Human Rights said on Monday the AGO had committed
human rights violations by banning books.
"We will ask the government to amend the laws allowing books to be banned."
Ifdhal said the country had entered the reform era and should not have such
laws forbidding people to express their ideas.
"Let the judges decide who is wrong," he said. (nia)
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