Awal yang bagus. Dukungan tidak datang dari penduduk Jogja saja, tetapi juga datang dari orang-orang luar propinsi DIY yang dulu pernah tinggal di Yogya.
--- In [email protected], "sunny" <am...@...> wrote: > > Releksi : > > > > http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/yogyakarta-takes-to-streets-to-cry-keep-our-city-special/411549 > > Yogyakarta Takes to Streets to Cry: Keep Our City Special > Candra Malik | December 14, 2010 > > > > Tens of thousands of Yogyakartans dressed in traditional garb and crowded the > main street in support of the sultan. (JG Photo/Boy T. Harjanto) > > > > Yogyakarta. National flags flew at half staff, schools sent students home > early and shops along bustling Jalan Malioboro closed down on Monday as the > people of Yogyakarta turned their attention to a special legislative session > meant to send a message of protest to the central government. > > Tens of thousands of people observed an open plenary session of the > provincial government held specially for legislators to express their > support, through a verbal vote known as an acclaim, of the sultan's automatic > appointment as governor. > > Legislators from the Democratic Party, however, did not attend the session. > > The crowd packed Jalan Malioboro, the city's main commercial street, and > filled the 500-meter-wide Northern Square of the palace. > > Yogyakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Atang Heriadi estimated the crowd at > 33,000. > > He said 1,800 officers had been deployed to safeguard the rally. > > Yogyakarta exists as a special province in which the sultan sits as the > governor, an elected position in the rest of Indonesia. > > But the central government sparked fierce controversy this month when it > proposed elections for governor rather than automatically granting the sultan > the post. > > Monday's plenary session of the Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) was the > largest and fiercest show of support yet for keeping Sultan Hamengkubuwono X > and Paku Alam IX, the leader of the Paku Alam princedom of Yogyakarta, in > place as governor and deputy governor, respectively. > > Paul Zulkarnaen, chairman of Jalan Malioboro's merchants' association, said > all traders and street vendors had decided to close shop and join the rally. > > Ujun Junaedi, chairman of the association of traditional traders at > Beringharjo Market, on the southern end of Jalan Malioboro, said his group > also stood behind the traditional ruler. > > "We're willing to close the market on Monday for the sake of showing support > to the sultan," he said. > > University students, high school students and teachers, along with others > from all walks of life, swelled the ranks, many of them donning the > traditional Javanese costumes or simply dressing to draw attention. > > Street ornaments made of young palm leaves, known as Janur Kuning, were also > ubiquitous as symbols of local resistance to Jakarta's move. > > The only contingent notably absent from the display was the local Democratic > bloc, which skipped the session. > > The Democrats are the ruling party of the central government. > > Time and again, protestors broke out in choruses of "Jogja Istimewa" > ("Special Yogyakarta"), a song composed by local artist Marzuki Mohammad. > > The city's flag flew at the top of its mast in the courtyard of the > legislature. > > A large banner played a pun on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's popular > acronym SBY, dubbing him the "Source of Disaster for Yogyakarta." > > Marzuki's song consists mostly of quotes from the late Sultan Hamengkubuwono > IX, who early on declared his and his region's support for the Indonesian > republic in 1945. > > It also incorporates words from respected education pioneer Ki Hajar > Dewantara and from Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, founding fathers of the > republic. > > Yogyakartans have already lashed out at the central government, printing > special Yogyakarta passports, posters and stickers, and carrying sharpened > bamboo sticks - a symbol of resistance. > > > > > > > > [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! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
