PARTAI KASIH DEMOKRASI INDONESIA (PKDI)

PARTAI KASIH DEMOKRASI INDONESIA (PKDI)

MOTO: "DENGAN KASIH MEMBANGUN INDONESIA"; VISI: "Memperjuangkan tatanan kehidupan berbangsa dan bernegara sesuai dengan cita-cita proklamasi kemerdekaan 17 Agustus 1945 sebagaimana dimaksud dalam UUD'45 dengan semangat kasih dan jiwa kasih." MISI: "Memperjuangkan kesejahteraan bagi seluruh rakyat Indonesia (Solus Populis Suprema Lex: Suara Rakyat adalah Hukum Tertinggi) sehingga menjadi wadah bagi suara dari masyarakat yang tidak bersuara (Voice of the Voiceless); Berjuang mewujudkan kebaikan bersama (Bonum Comunae) untuk tatanan masyarakat baru Indonesia yang demokratif, maju dan humanis.

Monday, March 30, 2009

YOGYAKARTA PROFILE

The Special Region of Yogyakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, or DIY), is the smallest province of Indonesia (excluding Jakarta). It is located on the island of Java. It is the only province in Indonesia that is still formally governed by a precolonial Sultanate: the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat. In English it is pronounced /ˌdʒoʊgdʒəˈkɑrtə/, which derives from its Dutch spelling Jogjakarta. In Javanese (and Dutch) it is pronounced [jogjaˈkartɔ].

The city of Yogyakarta is the capital of the province.

Geography

Yogyakarta is located in south-central Java. It is surrounded by the province of Central Java (Jawa Tengah) and the Indian Ocean in the south.

The population of DIY in 2003 was approximately 3,000,000. The province of Yogyakarta has a total area of 3,185.80 km². Yogyakarta has the second-smallest area of the provinces in Indonesia, after the Jakarta Capital Region. However it has, along with adjacent areas in Central Java, some of the highest population densities of Java.

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Peace and Leadership In Indonesia

Peace and leadership in RI

Ichsan Malik , Jakarta | Thu, 11/27/2008 11:08 AM | Opinion

Probably not many Indonesians realize that as a nation we have made an enormous achievement in overcoming major horizontal and vertical (against the central government) conflicts during the past 10 years. Just look at the conflicts in Maluku, Poso in Central Sulawesi, Sampit in Central Kalimantan, Aceh, Papua and West Kalimantan.

These conflicts have been resolved or are close to being resolved. Most noteworthy are two success stories of peace in Indonesia, the cessation of violent and bloody conflicts in Aceh and Maluku.

Regional autonomy in Indonesia has stepped forward and awakened the spirit of democracy. However, this newly formed consciousness of democracy became the source of conflict between central and local governments in managing strategic natural resources, such as natural gas, gold and coal. Another source of conflict is the issue of local separatism, whether from the nation or to establish new provinces or regencies. The latter will most certainly develop into disputes over land boundaries.

As the largest archipelagic nation in the world, with 70 percent of its territory being waters, our strength remains largely untapped. We have mainly focused our development on land. Currently we are standing by watching while foreign powers exploit our abundant marine resources.

All of these are serious challenges faced by future leaders of Indonesia. Further, these are latent sources of conflict, both internally between provinces and regions, and externally with neighboring countries.

Building on local culture as a solution to solve regional conflicts was the approach adopted in Maluku (Maluku and its surrounding islands) by the Baku Bae movement. This movement consisted of "Kelompok 20" from the village of Wayame, a group of independent journalists, lawyers and religious leaders from the area.

Its approach was to evoke the sense of brotherhood (Pela-Gandong), which exists as part of the local tradition, as a means for conflict resolution. This approach was accomplished by utilizing community consultation meetings (musyawarah) involving representatives from all citizens (saniri).

In Maluku, involving traditional symbols such as kings (latupati) and state leaders to discuss peace proved to be very effective. Consisting of grassroots community groups, the Baku Bae movement needed a strong figure to implement its cultural-humanistic approach.

Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, a respected traditional figure in Indonesia, fulfilled this requirement as a representative symbol of culture, and served as a Facilitator of Honor in the Baku Bae movement. He was a key actor who contributed significantly to the cessation of violence in Maluku.

As a facilitator and mediator, Sri Sultan tried to bridge all conflicting parties: perpetrators, kings, lawyers, journalists, religious leaders, students and the Indonesian government. Hard-line groups that initially rejected any form of reconciliation were indirectly influenced by his messages of peace. This occurred at both the local and the national levels.

In 2007, Maluku's Latupati Assembly was formed as a forum for all traditional cultural villages (negeri) in Maluku to uphold peace and to resolve minor conflicts immediately before they could escalate. This forum also plans to rebuild many post-conflict areas in Maluku.

Meanwhile, the Aceh conflict has been categorized as a violent-structural one (civil versus state). Conflicts occurred primarily because of the overexploitation of Aceh's natural resources and the gross human rights violations in the rebellious province. The central government claimed these resources under its jurisdiction to manage Indonesia's natural wealth. On the other hand, local community also laid claim to the bounty as it is within their traditional land.

This long-standing conflict has some major accumulated impacts. Violence for more than 32 years has left a trail of human rights violations by the Indonesian government. The suffering Aceh people endured was further exacerbated by the tragic tsunami in 2004 that resonated throughout the world. Ironically, it took the largest tragedy in living memory to set in motion the peace and conflict-resolution process. The Aceh conflict ended dramatically through a politico-economic approach, sealed by the signing of the Helsinki agreement in August 2005.

Three main actors in the historic achievement were Vice President Jusuf Kalla, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Free Aceh Movement (GAM) supreme leader Hasan Tiro. They used all the politico-economic resources at their disposal to effectively enact peace and immediately improve the lives of people in Aceh.

The use of external mediators also proved successful. Kalla, Yudhoyono and Tiro were vigilant in bringing all parties to participate in the peace process, as several factions sought to reject peace in Aceh. Now, the people of Aceh have started to enjoy the beauty of peace and strongly believe in the importance of maintaining it.

These stories teach us that the cultural-humanistic approach is best way to build peace and maintain the diversity of our nation. Evidently, nationalism, participation and democracy can only be developed by empowering our local cultures and traditions. The politico-economic approach also proved successful in creating immediate peace in Aceh.

The writer is chairman of the Titian Perdamaian Institute.

Petani Yogyakarta

DIY Siapkan Subsidi Pupuk

[YOGYAKARTA] Pasokan dan permintaan pupuk jenis urea tidak berimbang. Jika kebutuhan petani di seluruh Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) mencapai 82.000 ton setiap musim tanam, pupuk yang tersedia hanya 65.000 ton. Kondisi ini memicu kelangkaan pupuk dan perebutan jatah di tingkat petani.

Untuk mengatasi hal itu, Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) DIY melalui Dinas Perindustrian Perdagangan dan Koperasi (Disperindagkop) DIY akan menutup kekurangan alokasi pupuk bersubsidi dengan dana dari Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Daerah (APBD) DIY.

Kepala Bidang Perdagangan Disperindagkop DIY, Riyadi Ida Bagus, di Yogyakarta, Kamis (27/11) mengatakan, kekurangan jatah pupuk sebesar 17.000 ton akan ditopang dari dana APBD dengan ketentuan besaran subsidi yang sama dengan ketetapan pemerintah pusat.

"Rencana itu akan diterapkan awal tahun depan, karena memang kuota pupuk bersubsidi dari pusat memang masih di bawah kebutuhan riil petani. Dengan subsidi yang diberikan tersebut diharapkan harga pupuk, khususnya urea diupayakan berada di level Rp 1.200 per kilogram (kg)," ujarnya.

Terlalu Tinggi

Selain pupuk jenis urea langka di pasaran, harganya pun relatif tinggi. "Menurut laporan, saat ini harga pupuk urea mencapai Rp 6.000 per kg. Padahal, kalau tanpa subsidi seharusnya hanya sekitar Rp 4.000," ujarnya.

Untuk menjaga harga pupuk bersubsidi tetap stabil, kekurangan jatah pupuk bersubsidi akan ditanggung seluruh pemerintah daerah di DIY, baik pemprov dan pemerintah kabupaten/kota melalui APBD masing-masing. Dengan kekurangan 17.000 ton, se- tidaknya dibutuhkan dana Rp 85 miliar untuk menutup kekurangan urea tersebut.

Terkait dengan kebutuhan pupuk jenis lain, seperti ZA, Riyadi mengatakan, khusus untuk ZA yang juga langka, Disperindagkop akan bekerja sama dengan Dinas Pertanian Kota/Kabupaten untuk menyelesaikannya.

"Masalahnya, kelangkaan juga terkait dengan kebiasaan petani yang menggunakan pupuk secara berlebih. Namun, sekarang sudah ada kemajuan, ZA bisa digantikan dengan pupuk organik yang diolah sendiri oleh petani," ujarnya.

Namun, menurut Riyadi, jika petani memang sangat membutuhkan pupuk ZA, pihaknya akan memasuk- kan daftar jenis pupuk tersebut dalam tambahan subsidi. [152]

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