Assalamualaikum w.w. para sanak sa palanta, Pemilu 2009 ini menampilkan banyak kejutan.Berbeda dengan dugaan, secara menyeluruh, pemilu ini berjalan aman. Partai Demokrat secara tak terduga muncul sebagai pemenang, mengalahkan Partai Golkar dan PDI-P. Dari 38 partai politik, hanya sekitar sembilan partai yang akan lolos dari electoral threshold. Banyak pemilih tidak menerima surat undangan pemilih. Para caleg harus bekeja keras untuk memperoleh dukungan. Beberapa di antara mereka sudah mulai menunjukkan gejala stress. Di Aceh, partai lokal yang para anggotanya banyak yang berasal dari mantan anggota GAM mendapat banyak kepercayaan dari pemilih, suatu kenyataan yang segera menarik perhatian tokoh-tokoh Papua. Dan yang paling akhir, besar kemungkinan beberapa politisi kondang -- termasuk Ketua DPR RI Agung Laksono -- akan terpaksa keluar dari parlemen karena tak dipilih Rakyat. Bukan main. Rasanya Pemilu 2009 ini benar-benar akan membawa suasana baru dalam kehidupan kebangsaan kita. Rakyat Indonesia tak bisa lagi dipandang dan diperlakukan sebagai wong cilik. Masalahnya adalah mencari bagaimana caranya agar kedaulatan Rakyat ini tak hanya tampak pada saat pemungutan suara, tetapi juga berlangsung setelahnya.. Pertanyaan ini layak kita ajukan, karena kenyataan bahwa budaya politik di DPR RI selama ini belum menunjukkan kepekaan terhadap aspirasi dan kepentingan Rakyat. Masih harus dilihat, apakah para caleg ini juga masih lebih berminat untuk menaikkan penghasilannya, untuk 'studi banding' ke luar negeri, untuk mencari dan menerima sogokan, dan ...untuk tidur di ruangan sidang, daripada memperjuangkan rancangan undang-undang dan anggaran pendapatan dan belanja negara yang berfihak kepada Rakyat. Mari kita pantau secara terus menerus. Sekedar gelitikan: apa pula yang terjadi Sumatera Barat ? yang sama dan yang berbeda dari tingkat nasional ?
Wassalam, Saafroedin Bahar (L, masuk 72 th, Jakarta; Tanjuang, Soetan Madjolelo; Lagan, Kampuang Dalam, Pariaman.) "Basuku ka Ibu; banasab ka Bapak; basako ka Mamak" Alternate e-mail address: [email protected]; [email protected] Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:43 AM Prominent politicians shown door of the House... by celebrities The Jakarta Post , JAKARTA | Tue, 04/14/2009 9:13 AM | Headlines Some of Indonesia's prominent politicians are likely to lose their seats at the House of Representatives, following quick count results showing they did not win enough votes to win seats in their areas. Unexpectedly, incumbent House Speaker Agung Laksono of the Golkar Party is one of the losers. A quick count by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) revealed that Agung's party — in his electoral district of Jakarta I, covering East Jakarta — only received 5,328 votes as of 11 p.m. Monday, or 5.99 percent of the votes. To secure a House seat in his area, a party would need at least 16.6 percent of votes cast. “Through the quick count we can see famous and prominent politicians are not even able to get in [into the House],” LSI analyst Burhanuddin Muhtadi told The Jakarta Post on Monday. “Given this, the Golkar Party will probably not win any House seats from the Jakarta I electoral district,” he added. According to the LSI, low voter turnout and new election mechanisms have helped lead to less votes for some prominent politicians. Other prominent figures who may be thrown out of the House include Priyo Budi Santoso, the Golkar faction chairman. Golkar only earned 8.64 percent of votes in his electoral district in East Java I, covering Surabaya and Sidoarjo, where winning a House seat requires at least 12.5 percent of votes. Faced with such trends, Burhanuddin predicted that many new faces could win House seats and therefore would be expected to contribute to a new House style. “We have found that several celebrities like Rieke Dyah Pitaloka from the PDI-P [the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle] and Nurul Arifin of Golkar are likely to secure seats since they both won significant numbers of votes,” he said. “Suprisingly, Rieke managed to defeat Taufik Kiemas in winning votes in West Java,” he added, referring to the husband of former president and PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri. Despite their lack of political experience, celebrities are more popular with voters than politicians, Burhanuddin said. “These politicians were not known in their own electoral districts, although they may be famous in Jakarta and the media,” he added. However, Burhanuddin said, it would be a huge loss for the country as some of the losing politicians were smart and capable people. “They also have experience in making laws,” he added. To avoid such a loss of prominent experienced politicians in the future, Burhanuddin suggested that politicians should build more solid relationship with their constituents in their respective electoral districts. “In previous elections, people voted for political parties, which then appointed their members to sit in the House,” he said. "But today, they voted for their representatives directly." (naf) Politicians likely TO BE ousted from House of Representatives Party Names Golkar Agung Laksono Priyo Budi Santoso Ferry Mursyidan Baldan Heppy Bona Zulkarnaen National Mandate Party (PAN) Abdillah Toha Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Mahfud Siddiq United Development Party (PPP) Suryadharma Ali Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Heri Ahmadi (PDI-P) Peace Prosperous Party (PDS) Royandi Hutasoit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ . Posting yg berasal dari Palanta RantauNet ini, jika dipublikasikan ditempat lain harap mencantumkan sumbernya: ~dari Palanta r...@ntaunet http://groups.google.com/group/RantauNet/~ =========================================================== UNTUK DIPERHATIKAN, melanggar akan dimoderasi/dibanned: - Anggota WAJIB mematuhi peraturan serta mengirim biodata! Lihat di: http://groups.google.com/group/RantauNet/web/peraturan-rantaunet - Tulis Nama, Umur & Lokasi pada setiap posting - Hapus footer & seluruh bagian tdk perlu dalam melakukan reply - Untuk topik/subjek baru buat email baru, tidak dengan mereply email lama - DILARANG: 1. Email attachment, tawarkan disini & kirim melalui jalur pribadi; 2. Posting email besar dari 200KB; 3. One Liner =========================================================== Berhenti, kirim email kosong ke: [email protected] Untuk melakukan konfigurasi keanggotaan di: http://groups.google.com/group/RantauNet/subscribe -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
