PRABOWO ANTI-DEMOKRASI? Ini jawaban beliau di hadapan perwakilan negara-negara asing di Jakarta kemarin. (Selengkapnya di asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2014/07/01/anti-democratic-prabowos-response/) “I think sometimes or many times my comments have been taken out of context, or not in the complete version. I was asked in that session; that was a session concerning culture. I was asked by the delegation, a senior cultural figure in Indonesian society. He asked me what my opinion was, because in our national ideology – Pancasila – the wording of the clause to describe our version of democracy, we call it kerakyatan [meaning government by the people, for the people] – in the version kerakyatan is guided by what we call hikmah melalui permusyaratan perwakilan [short hand interpretation for a reference for the Fourth Principle of Pancasiila], consultative discussions by representation. “So the direction of the question was, that many in Indonesian social and cultural leaders feel that basically our version of democracy should emphasise more on consultative consensus building through representation, so basically the essence is that democracy in our original constitution actually is more in line with Westminster Parliamentary democracy. This was the general direction of their thought. “It’s not democracy versus authoritarian government. I sort of sense where you want to lead this question. Because I am being created as somebody who is anti-democracy. That I want authoritarian government. I want to go back to the New Order! (laughs and applause from audience). Please be assured. I am a democrat (applause). I BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY. I WAS A SOLDIER. I was A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. And I SOWER AN OATH to the Indonesian constitution to PROTECT the constitution of the Republic. So I always uphold the constitutional power. That’s why I’m in politics. I’ve been politics already for what – nearly ten years? This is MY THIRD GENERAL ELECTION. So I do it the hard way. I don’t go assemble tanks and take over Parliament House, no haha (laughs from audience; more applause).
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:30:25 +0000
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