FWD:
- 2019 Election is a Battle between Destructive Power vs. Rescuers *
By Asyari Usman (answer Adian Napitupulu)
in a discussion at Ghara Pena 98, South Jakarta on Monday (21/5/18), about 20 years of Reformasi, a member of Parliament from PDIP, Adian Napitupulu, said that in the 2019 election there will be a "war" between those who are pro-reformist and the pro-Cendana (ie Soehartois). in conclusions that are just that year after year, Adian looks "run out of material" in mapping the battle that will be excited in the election (pileg and presidential election) 2019 later.
Adian Napitupulu was incapable of thinking of a "new terori" to defend an ineffective state ruler. back and forth he could only frighten the people about the danger of the emergence of the New Order; the dangers of Soeharto's supporters. Including when he projected a battle between pro-refromasi and pro-Suharto camps in the 2019 election.
He called the "Cendana power" that was trying to rise again. I want to tell Adian that I am the enemy of the New Order (New Order). I have never been in touch with anyone who used to be part of the New Order. I do not know any "Sandalwood" people. I never eat a dime of "sandalwood" money.
can you say I am in the pro-sandal camp with this writing? Why would I do that? There is absolutely no benefit to me.
if the struggle Prabowo Subianto (PS) to save Indonesia from the current downturn you call the emergence of the "pro-Cendana" camp, I am afraid you are being chained by malice. you are exposed by conspiracy theories that are actually taking place in the current ruling coalition. Want to prove it? Just look at the existence of Golkar Party in the stronghold of the ruler. In your camp, Mr. Adian. Is not Golkar a tool of the New Order?
why do you not suspect the existence of Golkar in the ruling coalition? Are not Golkar politicians notorious and cunning? Are not you worried that Golkar will run its agenda, the agenda of the New Order?
past you, including all the PDIP, oppressed by the New Order which also means suppressed by Golkar? Now you are not suspicious of Golkar. So, what reason do you suspect to Prabowo? why would you, Mr. Adian, theorized that Prabowo would revive the "pro-sandal" camp, but did not mention that Golkar would revive the "ghost" of the New Order?
so, it is clear that when you are constantly using Prabowo as a factor to frighten the public, you also invite others, tens of millions of others, to lower their intellect. Down to the level of intellectual support of the rulers. namely, the rulers who have no competence in managing this country.
Mr. Adian, tens of millions of people today volunteered to struggle in their own way to bring a new president constitutionally, April next year. They understand the authoritarianism of the New Order regime. they do not want this to happen again. But, at the same time, they also do not want to break the country and the country nowadays continues.
Thus, they are determined to replace the president constitutionally through the socialization of # 2019GantiPresiden. and that does not mean they want to revive the Sandalwood Family.
The tens of millions of people are people who do not want a destructive continuation of power today. even if they are the older generation my age, that does not mean they want the Cendana Family or the New Order back to power. What they feel is that the situation today is no better than the circumstances of the New Order.
just look at the freedom of speech that in the New Order era is very restrained. Today re-incarnated under the pretext of "hate-speech" (hate speech) and the spread of hoax news.
Are not these the ways that, in the past, were practiced by the New Order that you made the specter? Of course yes!
Dear Adian! Tens of millions of people you might call the New Order mind just because they do not support the rulers who pawned the country today, are young people born in the 1980s and '90s who are not in touch with the New Order. they understand the ugliness of the New Order. But they are also aware of the greater danger that the Indonesian nation will face if the current power management is allowed to continue. that is, the more fatal danger that the current economic and industrial colonialism is allowed to continue.
They are the young generation, the generation that has nothing to do with the New Order, with the Sandalwood Family, whom you fear will rise again. they are the ones who can see the "disaster waiting to happen". They are a young minded and thoughtful generation who must save Indonesia from the hands of the oppressive and self-destructive rulers. namely, the rulers who are in the process of self-destruction.
Therefore, the 2019 election is not a battle between pro-reform "pro-Reformation" versus "pro-Cendana" as you are presenting, Mr. Adian.
you forget that everyone knows that the real fight next year, in the 2019 election, is a multi-dimensional "war". The fierce battle is between "destructive forces" versus "rescue power".
almost unnoticed the dimensions of the nation's current destruction and state. Severe injuries that occur in various areas of life that, absolutely require a quick rescue action and hard work.
for example, a well-knit social knit, has recently suffered a serious disruption. The national brotherhood becomes corrupted. Tear it apart. The supporters of the ruling and opposition are facing each other in social media with uncivilized verbal abuse. it all takes place before the eyes of the rulers. And the supporters of the rulers feel they are in the wind.
All this because of incompetence. A ruler who has no ability in fostering a sense of brotherhood. rulers who do not understand social psychology to tame horizontal feuds.
Another example is the economic collapse. The value of the rupiah plunges to a worrying level. The prices continue to complicate the daily lives of the people. unemployment is still large, but on the other hand the authorities allow tens of thousands of low qualified foreign workers to work here. Overseas debts are increasingly mounting, will certainly threaten economic growth and independence of state sovereignty.
Incompetence also causes corruption to continue rampant. Drug circulation remains uncontrollable.
So, again, the 2019 election is not a battle between the pro-Reformasi camps versus the "pro-Cendana" camp, as Adian Napitupulu says. Rather, the battle between "destructive camps" vs. "sanctuaries".
(The author is a senior journalist)