Good Governance

The two words remind me of my college time… those memories are taken aback at me this morning, my dear father wrote about it in his newspaper (well, not practically his newspaper…his sense was a lot mightier than me counting on his experiences) as an editorial.
Talking about some letters made by Sudi Silalahi – Minister of The Secretariat of Ministry – to the Department of Foreign Affairs on renovating Indonesia’s embassy building in Seoul by PT Sun Hoo Engineering, my father linked them with a so called decent governmental ethics. Such ethics that bring about a notion of ‘Good Governance’ can be pretty demanding especially in this reformation era.

I called the incident bewildered! How come almost all complicated matters are always from the top? It’s not that I questioned all of the problems with prejudice… but if only I did, then I am only human (there’s nothing wrong to be human… seldom right and often mistaken). On the other hand, Sudi Silalahi is NOT ONLY human BUT ALSO a minister (a title considered as an honor?!) whose practice will be unfolded and criticized.

It was an editor letter in a well known newspaper… the incident even goes on until now – going through his colleagues and employees… it’s a poor thing to know that Mr. Numero Uno is probably involved? what a country??!! What’s the matter with these guys?? What’s the matter with this country? What’s the matter with us…

My dear father wrote about gud governance, tell me no more, but I never get it how we mix into gud governance… I say NONSENSE! People may have wandered to the moon but as for dignities… we kind of stay put in the years before centuries even begins. HAHAHA… poor me, but agreeing my father would be a lot easier than putting up pieces of those on our messy streets!

Ketika Dunia Hanya Kenal…

Ketika dunia hanya kenal Indonesia
sebatas kekayaan pulau dewata
sebatas semerbak bunga bangkai
populasi yang terus melonjak
korupsi yg terus menjamur dan berkembang

Ketika dunia hanya kenal Indonesia
sebelah mata…
sebatas goresan sejarah…

Ketika dunia hanya kenal Indonesia layaknya Pak Taufik Ruki nyatakan soal Bali dan korupsi, rasanya memang miris tp kenyataannya seperti itu! Pertanyaan yang seharusnya muncul adalah – lagi2 klise – tentang bagaimana menghentikan pertumbuhannya drpada memberantasnya setengah-setengah… di ruang klinik dan rumah sakit banyak kita temukan slogan ini “Lebih baik mencegah daripada mengobati”. Kita tokh, memang sedang sakit akibat korupsi! Meradang pula…

Dalam sebuah opini Ketua Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi ini mengungkapkan salah satu cara mengurangi praktek merugikan negara tersebut,

“Salah satu cara mengurangi praktek tersebut sekaligus mengeliminasi tindak korupsi adalah mengawasi secara efektif kepemilikan harta pejabat negara atau pegawai negeri. Perlu ada aturan khusus yang mampu mendeteksi pengalihan aset yang diduga diperoleh dari hasil korupsi pejabat negara dan pegawai negeri kepada kerabat atau keluarganya”.

Bahkan ditambahkan…

“Dalam kaitan itu, KPK mengusulkan adanya kewajiban bagi pejabat negara dan pegawai negeri untuk melaporkan dan menyatakan harta kekayaannya di bawah sumpah atau dikenal dengan sebutan statutory declaration. Proses dan mekanismenya saat ini sedang kami pelajari. Kelak yang melaporkan kekayaannya bukan pejabat negara itu saja, tapi juga melibatkan masyarakat luas”.

Format yang ditawarkan KPK ini MEMANG terkesan repetisi… bagaimana tidak, usulan Statutory Declaration (SD) mirip dengan Laporan Harta Kekayaan Pejabat Negara (LHKPN). Meski Ruki terkesan membantah kemiripan antara keduanya tp terlihat jelas bahwa pemerintah dalam hal ini pula KPK tidak sepenuhnya berupaya dalam memberantas peredaran korupsi. Bagaimana bs dua peraturan yg hampir sama fungsinya dilegitimasi u/ mengatur suatu masalah – memang peradangan ini sudah kronis tp alangkah baiknya jk di satu sisi kita dapat memberikan perhatian penuh pada bagaimana menjerat dan mengetahui sumber dari cronical disease. Seorang ECW Neloe bs terbebas, buronan negara byk yg masi berkeliaran di luar negeri, kasus katelebece Sudi, permainan infrastruktur keuangan dalam negeri, etc.

Jika SD berhasil diterapkan maka ancaman tumpang tindih atas peraturan sebelumnya tidaklah terhindarkan – terlepas dari lebih luasnya jangkauan SD (demikian argumen Ruki atas pertanyaan akan kemiripan SD dan LHKPN). Mentang-mentang jangkauannya lebih luas lantas SD akan berlaku LEBIH efektif drpada LHKPN? Bagaimana dgn evaluasi ketidakberhasilan LHKPN selama ini? Bagaimana dengan… bagaimana jika… bagaimana mungkin…

Becoming Role-model

A father gave his opinion on the caricatures-incident, which I wrote about in my last post, I am pretty thrilled that our discussion is actually running good ;)

I remembered one of his statements upon Ibnu Sina, a well-known scientist on medicine ever lived, but he underlined a point on Sina’s lost over the West. I cant really agree on his point… we’re never dipped from those western people… we’re actually beaten through situation, which makes us weak, gradually we kept the condition in our mind. I oppose to the situation set upon us! I totally oppose our labeling as mean culture and on the other side put to be dreadful! I oppose such thoughts ever blossom in our bare minds…

My dear father, how much I grant being free and responsible, I am only human… aren’t we all? Thus becoming role model is actually A MUST among us… but a question aroused might be ‘are we really ready reforming to be A GOOD role-model?’

Moslem deserves another chance, but that doesn’t mean it passes all obstacles over being ROLE… never mind others, they’re just JEALOUS! Do mind contagious thoughts deadly as HIV/AIDS and shockingly spread as bird flu ;p LUV you guys all, it’s a pure bliss of 4JJ SWT!

Underline THIS!

“Prophet!
Daft and dumb
Keeping women
Under thumb”

Seeing those caricatures, I was like “DAMN! Who are you guys to judge?? I can accept you making fun of our attitudes… GO AHEAD! But don’t do anything to our believes… you’re talking about RIGHT, then give us OUR RIGHT… thus, you may spoil yours else where…”
I am also reading about Human Rights in Global Trend – Against West Domination, what a coincident, hei!? I read from the book written by Chandra Muzaffar, an ex-political prisoner in Malaysia. What a coincidence, but I never believe in one – whatsoever – till I’ve plunked to such scenes on and on… History is a repetition – once one ever said – well, I believe it’s since we’re all coming back from death to life in a linier.
Underline that, each and every one of us has THE RIGHT (but then again we cant just block away our obligations) and it may confront with one another’s… as in it’s NORMAL!

Dear others,
If you do not like Moslems surround you, don’t complain.
If you do not like the way we dress differently from yours, don’t complain.
If you do not like our unity of politics and religion, don’t complain.
If you feel that our defense over terrorism is faulty, don’t complain.
If you can’t see our efforts in making world peace, don’t complain.
If you can accept mocking over religions – which we can’t, don’t complain.
If you can’t tolerate our ways to uphold democracy and freedom of HUMAN RIGHTS, don’t complain.

PLEASE… we’re not asking for much – since we NEVER ask anything from you,
Anyways we’re living in the same roof!
So, stop complaining and respect us…

BAD PEOPLE

From a writing I read about an opinion upon bad people – eventually he understands that there’re no bad people… there are only misunderstandings, ignorance, unknown circumstances, and weakness. But I came to a point that we’re all those spots mentioned… then, we’re basically those BAD PEOPLE said ;p
Yet, that naming is like money – you put a currency in it then it becomes valuable! So does the notion ‘bad people’ exist in the community to actually relate couple of things beyond so that we could label them (put them into prices and stock them at wall marts). Human beings are a lot easier to be able to mention some labels than just pointing out towards the air – we’re whiners and hopefully never mistaken :(
Perhaps, kang Ono is right about “there’re no bad people…” but then again, probably he just wants to omit the label and come back to nature (where real human can feel almost ANYTHING that they want HELL with others). Nothing is WRONG about that… perhaps he’s just happy that legitimating on such point can make sense over the notion ‘bad people’.
Until this point of my life I always try not to confront a judgment over others… I assume that I fear my over ride judgment would go against me… I assume that I fear I am mistaken… I assume that I fear being right… I assume that I fear acknowledgement would end as soon as the label put to front! Perhaps I am a bad person, myself, I don’t deny that – everything is so beautiful to miss… it’s a bliss!
Bad people do exist… they live within us! Any reasoning mentioned to over do them is just blackmail… don’t worry, heaven wont be occupied since we still have long line over bad people to switch between the road alternate HELL-HEAVEN… hahaha, c’est la vie! On est ete par le temps… On mort bientot si le pulsation…
Hahaha… just because I am an editor right now, doesn’t mean I’ll love fixing… coz I true love it better as it is in the hand of God (and Him only) ;p