--- In [email protected], item abu <itemabu@...> wrote: > > Itu bukan "culture of denial", tp "culture of lying". > Â >
Bukan keduanya, tapi "culture of asslover", tem. Hehehe... > From: Sunny <ambon@...> > >To: Undisclosed-Recipient@... > >Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 3:25 AM > >Subject: [proletar] No âCulture of Denialâ in Indonesia: SBY to > >Ambassadors > > > > > >Â > >http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/no-culture-of-denial-in-indonesia-sby-to-ambassadors/498346?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jgnewsletter > > > >No âCulture of Denialâ in Indonesia: SBY to Ambassadors > >Ismira Lutfia | February 16, 2012 > > > >President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at a dialogue with journalists at the > >State Palace in Jakarta on Monday, also expressed positive sentiments about > >the state of the country.â(Rumgapres Photo/Abror Rizki) > >Interreligious strife is just media hype, rights abuses in Papua donât go > >unpunished and the current anticorruption drive is the most aggressive in > >the countryâs history, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told foreign > >ambassadors on Wednesday. > > > >In his address at the Foreign Ministry to 119 of the 128 ambassadors to > >Indonesia, the president echoed the same positive sentiments that he aired > >two days earlier in a tightly controlled, nationally televised question and > >answer session with journalists. > > > >He assured the ambassadors that on the issue of interreligious conflict, > >âthings arenât as bad as the mass media is reporting.â > > > >âIn general, religious harmony and national harmony are being > >well-maintained,â Yudhoyono said, going on to distance himself from > >allegations of double standards in justice. > > > >âNo [violations] are going unnoticed,â he said. > > > >He said that also applied to the persecution of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect > >in various regions. > > > >Hard-line Muslims have attacked the minority community, destroyed its > >mosques, schools and homes, driven them out of villages and killed several > >Ahmadis in recent years. > > > >In the most brutal attack, which took place last year, three Ahmadis were > >beaten to death by a mob of more than 1,000. Only a dozen people were > >convicted, all of whom received sentences of six months or less. > > > >Yudhoyono said that in the case of the Ahmadis, they were free to worship as > >they saw fit, but only if it did not offend other Muslims. > > > >Given that 90 percent of the population is Muslim, he said, the state has a > >responsibility to step is whenever a different creed was introduced. > > > >âItâs the duty of the state to organize and arrange [the new faith] in > >order to avoid clashes that threaten the social structure,â the president > >said. > > > >On the issue of Papua, where the military have frequently been accused of > >human-rights violations in trying to quell a low-level separatist movement, > >Yudhoyono conceded there were rights abuses but insisted they were being > >swiftly dealt with. > > > >âThe guilty will certainly be punished. There is no impunity or culture of > >denial,â he said. > > > >âWe always follow due legal process because we want to be transparent.â > > > >After a brutal crackdown in October on a peaceful protest in Papua that left > >at least three unarmed civilians dead, the police officers found responsible > >received written warnings and other administrative sanctions. > > > >Yudhoyono also said that since becoming president, he had changed the > >governmentâs stance in dealing with the regionâs problems from a > >military-based approach to what he termed a community empowerment and > >development approach. > > > >âIn the future, I and the government will work seriously to resolve the > >problems in Papua,â he said. âWe will also nurture dialogue with > >community leaders to listen to their critiques and corrections.â > > > >The president also touted his fight against corruption as unprecedented in > >scale. âWe are carrying out the most aggressive anticorruption campaign in > >Indonesian history,â he said. > > > >âIn the midst of a frenetic democracy and political uproar, Iâm staying > >focused and not getting sidetracked in running my mandate to achieve > >strategic development in the coming years.â > > > >The political uproar he referred to was the scandal in which his own > >Democratic Party was mired. The partyâs former treasurer, Muhammad > >Nazaruddin, is standing trial for bid-rigging, while a top legislator has > >been named a suspect in the same case. The party chairman and other > >officials have also been named as involved in the same scandal. > > > >âI realize thereâs still a long way to go and much to do before we reach > >a point where we can feel comfortable [about the progress made],â > >Yudhoyono said > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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