Ketika di Ciganur ntuk menghadiri hajat Gus Dur, Mega mengatakan "Bila
saatnya tiba saya akan berbicara dan harus berbicara"
Dalam keep the ball in play, saya rasa lawan akan kesulitan untuk menebak
langkah atau reaksi apa yang akan diambil oleh kubu PDIP. Bukankah lebih
mudah menebak bila lawan bereaksi dibanding diam (tetapi sebenarnya tidak
diam)
Tampakna kita selama ini sudah terbiasa dengan pola umum dan text book
sehingga ketka muncul fenomena baru kita lalu menjadi gagap. Padahal,
fenomena poltik diam Mega dalam kasus politik di Indonesia mestinya bisa
menjadi sebuah penantian untuk dipelajari.
Kita melihat, pelan tetapi pasti semakin banyak dukungan masarakat secara
terbuka ke pencalonan Mega (wanita) sebagai Presiden. Bahkan pengukuhan Guru
Besar Prof Dr Mary Astuti hari Sabtu kemarin di UGM juga diwarnai dengan
tanda tangan untuk kepemimpinan dan peran wanita di bidang politik. Mengapa?
Padahal Mega tidak pernah berbicara. Mungkin ini bisa menjadi sebuah bahan
kajian bagi kepemimpinan di Indonesia. Apakah benar bangsa ini memang lebih
menghendaki Keteladanan dan "Sepi Ing Pamrih Rame Ing Gawe" atau Tidak
Memiliki Interes Pribadi Dan Lebih Mementingkan Tugas dan Pekerjaan?
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From: Prabugita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: KULI TINTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Faisal W.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 03 July 1999 04:43
Subject: [Kuli Tinta] Putting Together a Mosaic
Source : NEWSWEEK - the international newsmagazine, June 21, 1999
Newsweek (N): Are you satisfied with your party's showing?
Megawati (M): Yes. I never publicly mentioned my prediction. But I strongly
believed we would get a minimum of 40% of the vote. Perhaps we will even get
more.
N: Are you in the process of forming your governing coalition already?
M: We are in preparatory contacts with a number of other parties. We are
putting together a mosaic that hasn't formed into a clear picture yet.
N: Will the core of your coalition be Abdurrahman Wahid's National Awakening
Party and Amien Rais's National Mandate Party?
M: I really don't want to lock myself in with specific names. Let me say
that I am open to most parties. It all depends on how many seats a party
wins.
N: Would you be willing to bring Golkar into your coalition if it drops
President Habibie as its presidential candidate?
M: I believe that Habibie does not necessarily represent Golkar. We have to
distinguish between the name of an individual and the institution.
N: Is the armed forces backing you to become president, as some people say?
M: I'm sure the armed forces will support the people's choice.
N: Some Golkar reformists say they would join you if you bring General
Wiranto on board as your vice presidential candidate. Is that possible?
M: I can't name my vice presidential candidate right now. The name of my
running mate has to go through the party electoral process.
N: If you firm up a working coalition in the near future, will you ask
President Habibie to step down before November when the presidential
election is scheduled?
M: As the three of us [Megawati, Wahid and Amien] noted in our communique
when we formed our alliance during the campaign last month, we would like to
have a meeting of [the residential electoral college] no more than three
months after the parliamentary election. So on our next Independence Day, on
Aug. 17, Indonesians may have a new president. Soon Habibie will be
operating in a vacuum as well as being a lame duck.
N: If you become president, what will be your priority?
M: We need to first restore the people's confidence in their government. The
only way to do it is to provide justice in the courts. So I believe a
priority is to create an independent judiciary in Indonesia.
We also need to create greater transparency both in and out of government
and strengthen our economic institutions.
N: Why are you so vague when you talk of your policies?
M: I'm not. It depends on the audience. If I'm addressing an international
audience I always talk about specific policies. But not when I'm facing the
people who can't easily digest complicated and sophisticated policies.
What they want is for me to bring them hope for a better future. But we must
not talk too much and promise more than we can deliver.
N: Is your own party dangerously split between reformists and old-style
Sukarno socialists?
M: I don't think the old values can be retained. We have to follow common
world trends such as democracy, protecting the environment, international
law and protecting human rights. There are no other options.
Regard,
Herman T.
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