Mendingan si Nazarudin aja yg jd presiden, krn dia itu kan berani nunjuk hidung para bajingan, hehehe...
>________________________________ >From: Sunny <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:19 AM >Subject: [proletar] For Indonesia's Wounded President, an Opportunity > > > >! >http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/for-indonesias-wounded-president-an-opportunity/467332 >For Indonesia's Wounded President, an Opportunity >Yohanes Sulaiman | September 24, 2011 > >Late on Thursday night, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono put an end to the >speculation surrounding a possible cabinet reshuffle as his administration >continues to see its popularity slip. A new cabinet will be named next month, >the president said, leaving pundits now wondering which fresh faces will front >the administration. For Yudhoyono, the move is long overdue, and it offers a >chance to show the country that, despite appearances, he is indeed still in >charge. > >A poll by the Indonesian Survey Circle this week attributed a woeful 37.7 >percent satisfaction rate with Yudhoyono’s cabinet to a series of missteps and >corruption scandals. The number will continue to fall amid reports of >continued misconduct such as in the preparations for the Southeast Asian >Games. Few would disagree that the time is right for a shake-up. Done right, >the cabinet reshuffle will send a signal to the public, the political class >and investors that the government is committed to making things right and >deserves a fresh start. > >At the same time, a cabinet rearrangement is a double-edged sword, as it is an >admission of fault. It is a confession that the government has been unable to >govern effectively, and tacitly a plea that voters give it a second chance. If >everything is business as usual after the reshuffle, both citizens and >investors will be all the less charitable. > >To prevent this scenario, Yudhoyono needs to take pains to bring more >professionals — regardless of their political affiliations — into key >ministerial posts and he must grant them the freedom to do whatever is >necessary to improve the performance of the cabinet. Part of this entails >giving them adequate political backing to ensure their policies will not be >second-guessed and thus vulnerable to political attacks. > >The need for a professional-dominated cabinet with strong political backing is >urgent, considering the discouraging global economic news of the past few >days. In the United States, with President Barack Obama’s popularity in >free-fall, the business community is waiting for a new Republican president >that will be more accommodating to their interests, and thus are postponing >investments and keeping the US economy from recovering for the time being. > >In Europe, with a Greek default looking more and more likely, French banks are >in dire straits, holding as they do a bulk of Greek bonds, and bringing into >question whether this will lead to an economic contagion that will hit Spain, >Portugal, and Italy. Such economic dominoes in the end threatens the existence >of the euro itself. > >The crises also threaten the German and Chinese economies, which rely on >exports. In turn, the possibility of a Chinese economic slowdown would >negatively impact Indonesia. Such considerations are among the main reasons >Indonesia has seen recent rapid fluctuations in the values of both the rupiah >and the Indonesia Stock Exchange. > >Facing the prospect of a global economic slowdown battering the Indonesian >economy, Yudhoyono does not have the luxury to rely on a cabinet based solely >on political considerations. > >Of course, there are questions of whether such a cabinet could survive in >Indonesia’s fragmented political system, where there are nine parties in the >legislature, and with the Golkar Party’s power rising. Yudhoyono’s Democratic >Party is bleeding votes thanks to the Nazaruddin scandal and insensitive >remarks by the gaffe-prone House of Representatives speaker, Marzuki Alie. > >Yudhoyono, however, should realize that even at this lowest point of his >presidency, with daily revelations of corruption eroding his credibility as a >graft-fighting president, he is still one of the most popular politicians in >Indonesia, far above lawmakers and political parties. His rivals have done a >wonderful job destroying their own popularity, such as through pursuing >anti-pornography laws while at the same time watching pornography in the >legislative building. > >By imposing on local communities radical religious bylaws that provoke >discontent, Yudhoyono’s rivals are handing him issues that he can use to show >himself as a unifier above petty politics. Sadly, however, Yudhoyono has >failed to seize these opportunities. He never uses his presidential bully >pulpit to show that he is the only adult in the kindergarten of Indonesian >politics. > >The president’s steady decline in popularity is less influenced by his >policies than it is caused by the impression he is aloof, far removed from the >nitty-gritty of governing and doing nothing to assure people that the >government is in charge and is doing its best to curb misconduct, to stop >sectarian political conflict and to cut the red tape that strangles economic >growth. > >Indeed, Yudhoyono is his own worst enemy. Inactivity hounds him far more than >his political rivals in the legislature. His inability to act decisively in >following through on his election promises of eradicating corruption, of going >full speed ahead in pursuing growth-oriented policies and of cracking down on >thuggish organizations and irresponsible politicians that play with religious >issues for political gains led to his steady decline in popularity. > >For himself and the country, the president needs to seize this moment. When >the new cabinet debuts, it must be filled with professionals with strong >accountability and strong backing from the president. It is time for Yudhoyono >to show his political guts, and to reassert that he is in charge. The nation >waits. > >Yohanes Sulaiman is a lecturer at Indonesia Defense University. He can be >reached at [email protected]. > >[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! 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/
