Ketika semua orang menyalahkan milisi, tak seorangpun mau menoleh kepada keikhlasan keputusan Indonesia atas jajak pendapat untuk perbaikan. Tapi suatu saat borok itupun akan terkuak. Kalau diasumsikan yang mengungsi ke Indonesia itu adalah pro-integrasi, sekarang jumlah pengungsi dewasa yang ikut jajak pendapat telah jauh melebihi jumlah hasil pemilih jajak pendapat pro-integrasi. Kan aneh. Ada apa ini ? Saya tidak membela milisi dan TNI, karena saya SANGAT setuju dengan perbaikan sistem pemerintah Indonesia mendatang yang betul-2 demokrasi, TNI harus profesional TIDAK ada wakil cuma-cuma di DPR, tidak ada UG dan UD, amandemen UUD 1945, dll. Yang saya gugat adalah KETIDAK JUJURAN UNAMET, kalau PBB secara institusi dan system akan selalu baik, tetapi sang pelaksana jajak pendapat inilah: unamet inilah yang gombal, dan kerusuhan yang timbul pasca jajak pendapat adalah gara-gara kekecewaan atas hasil kerja unamet yang tidak jujur, tapi media massa dunia telah berhasil memutar balikkan ketidak jujuran unamet. iMage Indonesia jelek. Ini yang tidak saya suka. Tapi tidak semua orang bule jahat, banyak pula yang punya nurani. by: Roger Gould When John Howard persuaded Habibie to offer independence to East Timor last December, Howard was elated. Little did he dream it would come to this. Habibie took a big risk in offering independence to the East Timorese, but he is now way out on a limb, and Howard is deserting him as well. Not a pretty sight. However if Australia or the US invades East Timor, Indonesians will close ranks around Habibie, and will let him off the hook. The Australian union trade embargo will also have the opposite effect to that intended as it will ignite Indonesian nationalism. But first, back to the facts. Indonesians can see what you can see on TV, the militias going crazy watched by the police, but Indonesians can also hear the other side of the story, as eloquent Timorese explain their anger at having been tricked by the UN and Australia. Timorese lawyers proving beyond reasonable doubt that the election was a fraud. The Timorese have dignity and self-respect, and this aspect of the revolt is not understood or even mentioned by the media (we watch Australian TV and CNBC). The list of UN irregularities is very long: recruiting local staff from the "pro-independence" side (CNRT), "pro-autonomy" parties rejected from participating in the referendum (ostensibly because of lack of English language competence, however the "pro-independence" staff had been selected and sent on English language training in Australia several months before; who paid for that?); no clear procedures for conduct or monitoring of the elections; opening and closing of polling booths at various times eg 5 am when there were no observers, refusal of monitoring by observers from the many "pro-autonomy" groups, Indonesian journalist cameras not allowed within 200 metres of polling booths, pro-independence groups escorting and "helping" the elderly to vote, and the sudden reversal of the order of choices on the referendum sheet, so that whereas the re-election advertising showed the pro-autonomy choice on top, and the no autonomy choice on the bottom, the UN switched it round the other way. The UN campaigned for "pro-independence" whereas legally the NO vote is to return East Timor to the decolonisation process, that is, become a Portuguese colony again. The YES vote was for autonomy, but was over-ridden by the reactionary NO vote dressed up with sugar coating (as happens in most referendums.) No wonder Timorese were confused and the progressives feel cheated. The list goes on and on, not to mention the Australian and New Zealand "journalists" caught with boxes full of pre-punched voting slips. The Australian Government even sent a campaigning team dressed up as "observers" led by Tim Fischer, harrassing local government officials, according to their accounts. What a fiasco. What I can hardly believe is that the Indonesian Government trusted the UN to run a fair election without checking the details. The UN reject these accusations, saying that everything was done according to procedures; but what procedures? It was a far cry from Indonesia's own election in May, when there was much publication of the hundreds of ways you can cheat in elections (the website is still there). Now of course the Indonesian Government is blamed for the mess. Let me tell you they want to be free of this as fast as they can, and have released Xanana already. However now the UN has got cold feet and doesn't want him to be flown home to Dili. That's understandable. They know that the Timorese are very angry at being tricked, and no foreigners are safe, likewise anyone suspected of having been accomplices. Ramos Horta had better stay in Australia and enjoy the life of luxury. Let's not confuse cause and effect. The cause of the Timorese uprising is the cheating in the referendum. The effect is the outburst of anger among the losers, and hence the Indonesian troops' sympathy for their cause. Unfortunately Australia shares the blame (by participating in the one-sided preparations, by campaigning, and by not arresting those caught cheating and deported, for instance). If the referendum was run fairly, the worst thing that would happen is that the pro-autonomy side would ask for the right to live in East Timor with their own administration if they lost (they already mentioned that after the referendum and before the announcement of the result.) The biggest disaster is of course the refugee problem which Indonesia faces. The reality is that most people in East Timor will vote with their feet and flee to Indonesia. According to certain Geneva conventions, the UN is responsible whenever there is a massive humanitarian disaster: does Indonesia hear any offers for help right now? NO! The US and Australia supported Indonesia's invasion in 1975 when the pro-communist Fretilin threatened to declare independence. Where is the support for Indonesia now, when there are Timorese lives at risk? The Australian Embassy was attacked in Jakarta yesterday, and anti-Australian feeling is running very high because of Howard's arrogant lecturing of the Indonesians since last December. The Labor Party is even trying to outdo him, showing even less sense. Every civil war is brutal, there is no use blaming one of the warring parties, especially if you yourself have already taken sides. This is another reason to stop lecturing and start helping. wes-e-wes Perlu diketahui bahwa masyarakat pro-integrasi merasa melihat langsung di lapangan banyaknya kecurangan dan rekayasa negatif yang dilakukan Misi PBB di Timtim (Unamet). Dalam hal ini lebih banyak yang dilakukan oleh local staff Unamet yang hampir semuanya terdiri dari penduduk asli yang anti-integrasi. Kecurangan itu terekam, dicatat, dan dikumpulkan. Selanjutnya fakta itu dilaporkan kepada Unamet, PBB, dan Pemerintah Indonesia sebagai suatu protes yang disampaikan oleh UNIF, Front Bersama Komisi Pro-Integrasi, juga oleh Barisan Rakyat Timor Timur (BRTT), dan oleh organisasi-organisasi lain. Sayang sekali, sampai saat ini, belum ada jawaban yang dapat mereka terima sebagai suatu klarifikasi yang masuk akal. Dengan demikian, pada saat mereka mendengarkan hasil penentuan pendapat yang pengumumannya dipercepat, dan ternyata memang terdapat perbedaan angka yang sangat mencolok, kekecewaan itu berubah menjadi sebuah kemarahan. Mereka meyakini dirinya menjadi korban ketidakadilan. Menjadi korban kesewenang-wenangan. Menjadi korban kecurangan. Itulah sebenarnya yang menyulut terjadinya tindakan-tindakan yang melanggar hukum. http://Kompas.com/kompas-cetak/9909/13/UTAMA/tak01.htm ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
