Rabu, 05 Januari 2022

Menakar M. Romahurmuzy Sebagai Pendamping Jokowi

  

Masih ada kurang lebih 1 tahun untuk mencapai 2019, dimana tahun itu bisa dibilang akan ada “rematch” antara 2 kandidat presiden yang bertarung di 2014 lalu. Jarangnya figur alternatif yang menonjol membuat masyarakat berpikiran masih kepada 2 figur bangsa tersebut, yaitu Pak Joko Widodo sang pemenang dari pertandingan perebutan hati dan pikiran masyarakat se Indonesia atau singkatnya Presiden Republik Indonesia dan sang mantan Jendral Bintang 3 yang masih penasaran dengan kursi atau jabatan orang nomor 1 di Republik Indonesia yaitu Pak Prabowo Subianto.

Figur alternatif memang ada, tetapi mereka tidak ada yang “pede” menyebut mereka sebagai calon presiden (Capres). Sebenarnya apakah mereka sedang malu untuk menunjukan diri atau malah mereka sadar diri, bahwa jalan yang paling realistis adalah menjadi pendamping dari 2 figur negarawan tersebut. Jadi yang “sexy” sekarang adalah posisi RI 2 bukan RI 1. Terlepas nanti sang mantan jendral tersebut tidak mencalonkan diri lagi menjadi calon presiden, tapi penulis disini tidak mau terlalu pusing sama beliau, yah karena penulis disini lebih ingin melihat pak Jokowi melanjutkan pemerintahan Indonesia untuk Indonesia yang lebih adil merata dan lebih baik tentunya.

Sekarang berbicara tentang siapa calon pendamping Pak Jokowi, tentu tidak semudah yang bisa kita kira. Bisa si A dan si B, apalagi banyak yang sudah “kepedean” pasang billboard dan baliho di pinggir jalan memasarkan dirinya sebagai cawapres. Padahal dipilih aja belum kok sudah geer? Apa iya pasti dipilih? Semua ada hitung-hitungannya apalagi PDIP sebagai partai pemenang pemilu tentu selektif dalam memilih, bisa jadi si Ibu Suri akan mencalonkan penerusnya yang juga kader partai dan menteri di Kabinet Kerja. Belum lagi harus berbicara panjang lebar, negosiasi dengan para partai pengusung yang lain. Tapi disini penulis tidak tahu kenapa, memikirkan 1 orang ini sebagai calon pendamping Pak Jokowi di 2019 yang sudah dipikirkan sejak 2014 lalu yang merujuk pada ramalan Sri Maharaja Sang Maphanji Jayabhaya yang menyebutkan pemimpin Indonesia akan mempunyai nama dengan akronim NOTO BAGASKORO. Sudah banyak yang kita ketahui, kata NOTO berasal dari nama SoekarNO, dan SoeharTO. Selanjutnya ada huruf untuk Baharudin Jusuf Habibie, ada untuk Abdurahman Wahid (Gus Dur), GA untuk MeGAwati Soekarno Putri, untuk Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, dan KO untuk JoKO Widodo. Selanjutnya tinggal huruf RO, dalam ramalan itu. Penulis pada awalnya berpikir bisa saja seorang tokoh yang mempunyai nama depan dimulai huruf R atau O atau malah nama dengan suku kata RO itu sendiri.

Posisi Wakil Presiden merupakan posisi yang cukup enak untuk bisa melanjutkan ke posisi Presiden, karena penulis yakin jikalau Pak Jokowi akan 2 periode, maka hurf R dan O tersebut akan penulis tujukan atau ramalkan sebagai cawapres. Sempat muncul dipikiran penulis yaitu Bang Haji Rhoma Irama, tetapi penulis hanya bisa senyum-senyum sendiri membayangkan sang raja dangdut memimpin negeri yang saya tinggali ini. Apa jadinya jika Bang Rhoma pimpin RI, tak kebayang apa jadinya, lagipula bang haji tidak begitu memiliki hubungan yang baik dengan presiden kita. Muncul lagi tokoh yang lain, yaitu Ridwan Kamil. Walikota Bandung itu memang punya kharisma tersendiri apalagi dikalangan anak millenial saat ini. Kemunculan Ridwan Kamil menjadi Calon Gubernur juga bisa saja menjadi batu loncatan untuk beliau melanjutkan ke singgasana menemani pak Jokowi, tapi sekali lagi, penulis berpikir, “maybe not him.” Dan sekarang muncul lagi 1 nama, yaitu Romahurmuzzy yang pada saat itu masih duduk menjabat sebagai Sekjen Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP). Penulis hanya berandai-andai saja waktu itu, mengingat belum terlihat hasil kerja nyata Mas Romy untuk bangsa. Tetapi, figur itu bisa datang darimana saja, Pak Jokowi misalnya, ketika kita berpikir siapa figur alternatif setelah pak SBY selesai jadi presiden, praktis nama-nama yang muncul pada saat itu Pak Prabowo, Bu Mega, Pak Dahlan Iskan, atau Pak Wiranto. Tetapi semua kaget dengan figur baru yaitu Joko Widodo mantan Walikota Solo, 2 tahun menjabat sebagai Gubernur DKI dan sekarang Presiden RI yang telah memastikan dirinya maju kembali di Pilpres 2019.

Sama halnya dengan Mas Romy, 2014 beliau belum muncul di permukaan sebagai tokoh yang diperbincangkan, sekarang nama beliau mulai kembali menjadi teka teki di pikiran penulis sebagai calon kuat RI 2. Tentu saja ada pertimbangan-pertimbangan yang penulis coba tuangkan disini mengapa Mas Romy cocok untuk dijadikan pendamping Pak Jokowi sebagai wakil presiden?

Ketua Umum Partai

Muhammad Romahurmuzy merupakan Ketua Umum Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP) salah satu partai yang berasaskan Islam dalam pendukung pemerintahan Jokowi-JK. Beliau terpilih menjadi Ketum PPP berdasarkan Muktamar VIII PPP di Surabaya. Meskipun harus melewati banyak rintangan terkait dualisme yang terjadi di tubuh PPP, Romy masih terus berjuang hingga akhirnya PPP berhasil islah dan kembali menyatakan dirinya sebagai Ketua Umum PPP yang sah.

Konflik internal ditubuh PPP ini membuktikan bahwa Romy sudah matang dalam berorganisasi dan berhasil melakukan manajemen konflik di tubuh PPP yang sempat terbelah dua. Dalam usianya yang masih muda, Romy berhasil menunjukan bahwa dirinya pantas menjadi ketua umum partai besar, dan setiap ketua umum partai harus siap jika dirinya dipanggil rakyat untuk menjadi preiden atau wakilnya. Dan yang pasti, kader-kader PPP dari Sabang sampai Marauke pasti berusaha semaksimal mungkin untuk memenangkan sang ketua umumnya.

Belum lagi dalam Pilkada serentak di Pulau Jawa bisa menjadi tolak ukur dalam terpilihnya Mas Romy menjadi pendamping Jokowi di Pilpres 2019 apalagi jika cagub dan cawagub yang diusung PPP menang dalam Pilkada 2018 yang diantaranya Jabar ada Ridwan Kamil-Uu Ruzhanul Ulum, di Jateng ada Ganjar Pranowo-Taj Yasin Maemun, dan di Jatim Khofifah dan Emil Dardak. Jika memang menang semua, bisa jadi posisi tawar PPP lebih kuat untuk menjadikan ketua umumnya RI 2.

Latar Belakang Santri

Muhammad Romahurmuzy lahir di Sleman, Yogyakarta, 10 September 1974. Mas Romy adalah anak dari pasangan M Tolchah Mansoer yang merupakan Guru Besar Hukum Islam IAIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta dan Dra. Umroh Machfudzoh pendiri Ikatan Pelajar Putri Nahdhatul Ulama (IPPNU), Ketua DPW PPP DIY 1985-1995 dan Ketua Umum PP Wanita Persatuan 1993-1998. Mas Romy juga merupakan cucu mantan Menteri Agama RI KH. Wahib Wahab, yang berarti Mas Romy lahir dari keluarga berlatar belakang santri.

Latar belakang santri inilah yang membuat penulis menjadi yakin Mas Romy sangat cocok mendampingin Jokowi. Pasangan nasionalis-agama merupakan pasangan ideal untuk Indonesia sedari dulu, layaknya Soekarno-Hatta. Juga dengan pengangkatan Mas Romy menjadi wakil pak Jokowi dapat mengurangi stigma yang terbangun di masyarakat bahwa pak Jokowi tidak dekat dengan umat islam.

 

 

Muda dan Intelektual

Usia menjadi satu point penting Pak Jokowi dalam memilih pendampingnya. Pasangan Jokowi harus orang muda yang bisa memahami dan menyesuaikan dengan perkembangan zaman dan generasi. Terbukti dengan beberapa statement pak Jokowi terhadap Mas Romy yang mengatakan bahwa beliau merupakan sosok dari kalangan santri yang muda dan intelektual. Pak Jokowi menyatakan demikian bukan tanpa alasan, seringnya intensitas bertemu Pak Jokowi dan Mas Romy untuk berdiskusi dan menghadiri acara tertentu menunjukan bahwa Pak Jokowi sangat menghormati betul Mas Romy.

Lebih dari 40% usia pemilih di tahun 2019 adalah usia 40an atau bisa disebut generasi X dan masih ada di angka 40% pemilih kita nanti berasal dari kaum milenial. Pertanyaannya disini ialah, apakah Mas Romy dapat mewakili mayoritas suara pemilih nanti? Tentu saja kita tidak bisa langsung memutuskan, tetapi paling tidak kita dapat melihat dibeberapa kesempatan, bagaimana Mas Romy menyampaikan gagasan-gagasan kebangsaannya dengan elegan, sangat berbobot, dan memang terlihat tidak terlalu menggebu-gebu dalam mengkampanyekan dirinya menjadi seorang Cawapres. Mas Romy juga harus sering tampil ke publik, karena disanalah panggung yang tepat untuknya membuktikan kapasitas dirinya sebagai calon pemimpin masa depan.

Tantangan

Masih banyak sekali yang harus diperbaiki oleh seorang Romahurmuzy, yaitu elektoral dirinya dan bagaimana beliau harus bisa mengangkat nama besar PPP supaya dapat dilirik dan dipilih oleh banyak masyarakat Indonesia. Tentu bukan hal yang mudah dalam melakukan itu, dari beberapa survei yang dilakukan oleh Litbang Kompas, PPP hanya meraup 2,2%, menurut CSIS PPP hanya meraup 1,7%, dan terakhir pada survei LSI Denny JA PPP hanya meraup 1,8%, memang cukup menjadi perhatian bagi DPP PPP sampai dengan tingkat struktural terendah PPP untuk mengangkat elektabilitasnya, tetapi dengan jelasnya kepemimpinan PPP sekarang, bukan hal mustahil mesin  partai akan bisa bergerak secara maksimal demi meraup presentasi angka yang signifikan demi lolosnya PPP dalam Parliamentary Treshold sebesar 4% sehingga akan memudahkan juga jalan Mas Romy untuk melaju ke kursi RI 2 mendampingi sang incumbent Presiden Joko Widodo.

Juga menjadi perhatian dari bursa Cawapres yang selama ini keluar di pelbagai lembaga survei justru nama Mas Romy tidak keluar dalam survei kandidat Cawapres untuk mendampingi Pak Jokowi di 2019. Dari survey Poltracking dari Januari s/d Febuari 2018, nama Wakil Presiden Jusuf Kalla masih menjadi favorit responden untuk mendampingi kembali Presiden Jokowi disusul Gatot Nurmantyo, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, Ridwan Kamil, Anies Baswedan, Muhaimin Iskandar, dan Khofifah Indarparawansa.

Sampai dengan saat ini angka survei untuk Mas Romy masih sangat kecil, dibanding dengan calon lain seperti TGB Zainul Majdi, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, dan bahkan Cak Imin. Harus diakui konstelasi nama-nama tersebut masih bisa berubah apalagi akselerasi penentuan pendamping Pak Jokowi akan dilakukan pasca 27 Juni 2018. Sekali lagi ini harus dikejar oleh para sruktur PPP dari tingkat pusat hingga ranting untuk mendongkrak tidak hanya elektabilitas partai, tetapi juga sang ketua umum.

Kunci ada di Pilkada Pulau Jawa, karena Pilakda di Pulau Jawa sering kali menjadi sorotan nasional. PPP mendukung pasangan Ridwan Kamil-Uu Ruzhanul Ulum di Pilgub Jawa Barat,  Ganjar Pranowo-Taj Yasin Maimoen di Pilgub Jawa Tengah, dan Khofifah-Emil Dardak di Pilgub Jawa Timur. Jika semua kandidat yang diusung PPP menang di Pilgub Pulau Jawa, bisa saja ini menaikan posisi tawar PPP di Pilpres 2019.

Kesimpulan

Banyak sekali figur-figur alternatif yang bermunculan saat ini sebagai calon alternatif pemimpin masa depan Indonesia. Ini menunjukan regenarasi berjalan dengan baik, sehingga kita masyarakat dibuat sibuk dengan banyaknya calon-calon baru, meskipun untuk 2019 mendatang sudah hampir pasti akan terjadi rematch antara Pak Joko Widodo dan Pak Prabowo Subianto. Posisi Wapres memang sangat sexy untuk diperebutkan, dimana posisi itu akan bisa memuluskan langkah untuk menuju orang nomer 1 di Indonesia.

Untuk seorang Romahurmuzy, memang sudah jelas statement Pak Jokowi dengan apa adanya pada Workshop Nasional Anggota DPR, DPRD PPP se-Indonesia yang menyatakan Mas Romy cocok menjadi Cawapres, ditambah dengan kriteria untuk Cawapres saat ini memang melekat pada Mas Romy. Tetapi masih ada PR yang harus dikerjakan Mas Romy yaitu kemenangan Cagub-dan Cawagub yang diusung PPP, elektoral PPP itu sendiri dan elektoral Mas Romy sendiri. Tinggal bagaimana Mas Romy bisa meyakinkan partai-partai lain untuk memuluskan langkahnya menjadi pendamping Pak Jokowi. Apakah sejarah 2001-2004 akan terulang dimana pasangan PDIP dan PPP yang memimpin bangsa ini di 2019? Yang jelas siapapun pendampingnya nanti, penulis yakin yang terpilih adalah kandidat terbaik untuk menjadikan Indonesia maju. Kita tunggu saja tanggal mainnya.

#IndonesiaMaju #CawapresJokowi #JokowiRomy #JOY

Captain Phillips (Review)

 

The Review

Captain Phillips is a movie about a fight that comes from Captain Phillip when he is being a hostage of the Somalia pirates. It is started when he is tasked to shipping the containers with the Maersk Alabama vessel from Salalah, Oman Port to Mombasa, Kenya. Captain Phillip aware that he will sail across the horn of Africa, so he has Shane, his partner in the control room to strengthen the security in order to avoid if the things get ugly, just in case the pirates will attack the ship.

The Somalia pirates were actually fishermen that very disappointed with the live and they try to go out from the pain of the economic problems. The poverty becomes their base of paradigm to become their sea coast guard or roughly we call them the Somalia pirates.

At the first time, there are two skiffs approaching the Maersk Alabama vessel. The Captain tries to fool the pirates with initiating to call the alliance ship to assistance. The captain asks for the air support, and one skiff buy it, but the other still move and it is still after the ship. The vessel should pull the pedal to the metal, and still the only one pirate skiff approaches until the engine of the skiff broken, and the pirates cannot continue approach the ship, they have to go another time which is the next day. The spare time they use to build the ladder and fix the broken engine.

The next day, the pirate skiff approaches the Alabama Ship, and right now those pirates really coming in hot. They are really fast, and it makes the captain and all crews panic and they have to be prepared for this situation. “This is not the drill, this is the real situation” says the captain. Captain Phillip calls the US Maritime Emergency Line, and tells them about the situation there. The ship goes really fast, it won’t stop, but the pirates keep approaching the ship until they come on board.

The horn of Africa is really unsecure sea. Even it is international sea, but the Somalia pirate would not let the ship go through their sea easily. They must be come and hijack the ship. After the pirates come on board, they talk to the captain Phillips and they demand money, no other stuff. The leader of the pirates named Muse. They are pointing the AK 47 to the captain crew in the command room.

So many things happen on board. The pirates want to see all the crew and put them in one room, meanwhile they laughing and waiting for the money that they ask for. Very typical of pirates and moreover when they know that they are hijacking the American Ship. They thing America Ship is very rich and will also give what they demand. But they are wrong, the pirates don’t know who they dealing with, they suppose to be think twice maybe more to hijacking the American Ship, because soon the nightmare for them will come.

After the pirates get the money that Captain Phillip offers, they kidnap him in the lifeboat. They aim to ask bigger ransom, so they kidnap the captain of the ship, and go back to the Somalia. It is really a tricky way that very common from pirates or terrorist.

At the night, the lifeboat is finally founded by the US Navy. Luckily there is USS Bainbridge just 820 nautical miles from the hijacking place; the USA Government by Admiral Howard asks them to assist the US flag ship Maersk Alabama to release Captain Phillip. There are four men in the lifeboat and the Captain Phillip as the hostage. USS Bainbridge is a warship that assigned for counter piracy. The commander in the USS Bainbridge is Capt. Frank Castellano.

This is the best part of the rescuing part. The US Navy is very responsive in handling the piracy problem. Washington really concern about this, so they react is very fast, and moreover it is just lifeboat and one guy being kidnap, but the Navy comes with big ships USS Bainbridge, Boxer and Halyburton also come, and of course the Navy SEAL is the greatest assets that USA has. With the assistance of Navy SEAL, Capt Phillip can be rescued.

The US Navy SEAL try to pursue the leader to negotiate and solve this thing peacefully. But I believe the USA never tolerate and negotiate with pirates. It is the trick how to deal with pirates or any terrorist. They ask to negotiate first and want to end it peacefully. The SEAL team arrives to the USS Bainbridge. SEAL leader asks to negotiate with the pirate captain Muse, and tell him that the elders would also come to negotiate the money that they asked for.

Finally Muse accepts what SEAL leader proposed, and go to the USS Bainbridge. Meanwhile SEAL pick Muse up; the lifeboat is being towed by the USS Bainbridge. The SEAL team gets ready for their action. The SEAL team is waiting until the targets all green. SEAL team wants to shoot the pirates which inside the lifeboat. There are three pirates left in the lifeboat and secure Captain Phillip.

In that condition, the tension is getting hotter, and Captain Phillip surrenders and he tries to fight back the pirates, and it is one dangerous condition that he faces. SEAL’s Commander is still waiting until the targets all green, and ready to execute. And Finally, SEAL’s Commander orders to stop the tow, and execute the three pirates in the lifeboat. When all the targets are in green position, SEAL is clear to take a shot.

Finally Captain Phillip is safe, and he is moved to the USS Bainbridge to get medical treatment. This is the unforgettable, dangerous experience that Captain Phillip ever faced. He is really shock, he cannot say a word when a women from medical treatment asking him a couple questions. It is psychological effect that he gets, but after all, he safes, and he could go back home and meet his family.

 

The Writer’s Comments

United States of America has very powerful military power. From the land power, air power and sea power. In this time the writer will talk about the sea power of United States of America. The greatest creation came out from Alfred Thayer Mahan a United States Navy Flag Officer and a geostrategic. He is the one who responsible for any development of USA Navy until now.

There is a say from Sir Walter Raleigh about the sea power theory; he said “Whose command the sea, command the trade. whose commands the trade of the worlds commands the riches of the worlds, and consequently the world itself.” This is very true that if a state can control the sea, then she will conquer whole world.

In this movie, we can see the United States of America sea power. How’s the reaction in handling the piracy problem in Somalia Sea. We have to see the USA’s Blue Water Navy. The Blue Water Navy is the symbol that those countries want to play more in the sea area. USA’s Blue Water Navy has three main points such as:

1.      US Navy as Commerce

2.      US Navy as Defense Instrument

3.      US Navy as Guardian of Ideology and Propaganda

The point number two is related to this circumstance. The Captain Phillip Movie is about the US Navy in securing the hostage from the piracy. In the Barack Obama administrative United States of America will protect the citizen wherever he/she is. This is the prove of Obama’s statement. Captain Phillip is a captain of Maersk Alabama Ship, and the ship also comes from USA. US Navy here is to protect the citizen and also the trade.

With the advance technology, and also good man power, US Navy is very serious to take care of the citizen. US Navy only want to secure one hostage and three big ships come in order to secure the hostage, the USS Bainbridge, USS Boxer and USS Halybur. US Navy never tolerates every piracy and terrorism acts.

The Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) of United States of America is defined as all areas and things of, on, under, relating to, adjacent to, or bordering on a sea, ocean, or other navigable waterway, including all maritime-related activities, infrastructure, people, cargo, and vessels and other conveyances. This is also the base of their act in the movie.

If the writer would like to compare the US Navy and Indonesia Navy are very far miles away. At least Indonesian Navy could imitate how well USA Navy. The other aspect that made the development of Indonesia Sea power very slow is there is still a condition where Indonesian military paradigm is still in army centric. If we can see the budget of army and the Ministry of Defense (M.O.D) in Indonesia are the biggest rather than the budget for the Navy and Air force. But the fact is 76% Indonesia is sea, not the land. The strategic shifting from the Army to the Naval and Air forces is what we need. Moreover when we get in the war situation, Navy and Air Forces are the offensive strategic. The use of Army is for the ultra defensive strategy if the enemy successes get into the land and to protect the strategic place such as the Presidential Palace, House of Representative and others.

At least Indonesian government initiates the shifting strategic from the Army centric to the Naval and Air power without decreasing the role of Army I think it is just fine. We have to start it as soon as possible. Because the shifting from the Brown/ Green Water Navy to the Blue Water Navy will take time maybe 20 until 30 years. It is very long time isn’t it? Well the government can start it from the giving more budget for the Navy and Air to strengthen their weapon and every infrastructure they need. And of course the development of the home strategic industrials that Indonesia has, is supposed to be given more attention.

The strategic defense industrials will also assist Indonesia to raise the economic condition and save our budget, because it would be better to buy from domestic markets rather than we purchase it from other. The changing of the technology will also improve the ability of Indonesian defense industrial to create the well high tech weapons, vehicle, ships, plane, satellite, or else.

 

Conclusion

Well we arrive in the last part of this paper. The Captain Phillip movie is showing us the USA seriousness in protecting their citizen. With the power, ideology and the man power they can counter the piracy act. That is indeed not as simple as turning our hand, it took days, but we can see, the 3 navy ships surround the small lifeboat which within the lifeboat is Captain Phillip and 4 crews of Somalia pirate.

And the lesson that we can learn is how to strengthen our naval power, and also to strengthen the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA). Indonesia has to have the Blue Water Navy; the shifting strategic of the government the changing paradigm is needed, because 76% area of Indonesia is sea, not the land.

Indonesia can be the greatest maritime state because the history said so. From the Sriwijaya Kingdom and Majapahit Kingdom which the name of Admiral was Mpu Nala, we did that thing. We are strong in the sea. The changing paradigm is very needed. Think for our future, because the navy could also strengthen our diplomacy. Our bargaining position will be strong. From the explanation there, we can see the importance of the Naval power. I believe Indonesia will become stronger in the Naval power in line with the development of defense industrials.

Indonesia Turns to Green (The Effort of Indonesia in Initiating Green Economy)

 

Introduction

What we face nowadays is a biggest problem that we ever faced. We are not facing terrorism, communal conflict or nuclear war. It is about the nature. The nature seems to become unfriendly to us. We don’t have to blame other people or in the bigger view we blame other states because they cannot control the gas emission that produced by their industries. This is not only my problem, your problem, but it is our problem that also came from our past mistakes that we were to greed to exploit the earth. Do you think earth can heal by itself? Or can climate change become more stable by itself? The answer is no. Those are our responsibility to take care the earth, before the things get uglier.

In Rio+ 20, UN members agreed to to start a process of designing sustainable development goals, which are “action-oriented, concise and easy to communicate, limited in number, aspirational, global in nature and universally applicable to all countries while taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities.”[1]

In the environment sector, we have to think more in how to solve our big problem. My country, Indonesia is a country which still assume as the lung of the world. We still have the million hectare of rainforest even we are include as the country which lost the 1,8 million hectares of rainforest every years. Indonesia would like to reduce the gas emission more than 20%. But in other objective, Indonesia would like to increase the economic growth about 7%. How we do that? Is that a way to make them inline, because nowadays we are doing this kind economic policy which exploit our rainforest and change the rainforest into the mining, or the palm oil farming? Than what should we do now?

Indonesia should change the economic policy to be more nature friendly, and the recommendation is Indonesia should initiate the Green Economy as soon as possible. Our President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had said during Rio+20 United Nations Conference on sustainable Development that Indonesia in order to reach the 7% economic growth and 26% of reducing the emission, then we have to change the greed economy to the green economy.[2] But this is the challenge for Indonesian people and Indonesian government. Are we ready for that?

Green Economy in Indonesia? How?

Green economy becomes so popular which try to be applied in this world. This economic theory is trying to combine the human social and human prosperity with decreasing the environmental risk and the ecological scarcity significantly.

Many countries have been initiated this green economy as the part of the policy. For example China with the water heater with solar power, organic farming in Uganda, urban planning in Brazil, or the rural ecology development in India. But in Indonesia sadly the green economy is still very hard to apply. Based on the Deputy of Planning and Inernational Relations President’s Work Unit for Controlling and Watching Development (UKP4) Heru Prasetyo, there are several things that made the application of green economy stuck. Not all of Indonesian Law gives a good way for the green economy. It includes the President Regulation (Perpres), Ministry regulation (Permen) or even in the local regulation (Perda). Moreover, the old law and the new one are overlapping each other. The old law is still exploitative and vice versa, the new one is already nature friendly. But when it goes to the application in real live, it still makes the actors a little bit confuse of it.[3]

So what should we do in how to initiate the green economy as soon as possible, to reach the aim of our goals 26% emission reduction and 7% economic growth?

This is how we do it

Indonesia should start to initiate the green economy in order to bring a great future for our country. First we have to make clear the paradigm of what is the green economy itself. The green economy doesn’t mean it prohibits the using of the natural resources. But the green economy is economic activity in utilization of natural resources could be done as long as it doesn’t damage the environment. It needs the socialization and the education continually in order to get the great result.

In the global scale, there are so many agreements that already put in the concrete act. For example the Kyoto Protocol between the Annex 1 countries (Japan, Norway, Switzerland, and Canada) at the first period from 2008-2012 and it would be proposed once again for 2013-2020. Indonesia has proposed the mechanism of Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). This mechanism enable to give the incentive to the developing states that want to reduce the GHG emissions that came from the deforestation and forest degradation. Indonesia could be rich because Indonesia has the potential to absorb carbon market from REDD+. It is the opportunity that Indonesia has to reduce the emissions until 41%. It is not utopist but it is the fact that we can do.

It is not limited in the forest sector. The commitment of Indonesia to build and develop the clean energy which eco friendly should be driven. Indonesia has so many natural resources that we can develop to create the clean energy for example the geothermal energy, solar energy, wind energy water energy etc. We are having the expertise and the scientist in order to make it happens, and the wiling of the government to change the law that not stand in the nature side. We can do that, we don’t have to go to nuclear energy, because we have the other energy that can be developed.

Conclusion

From the explanation above we can see the economic growth and the nature balance can go inline if we initiate the green economy. Green economy is suitable for Indonesia. We are the young generation supposes to be more optimist to see the better future. We have to utilize the natural resources that we have. We don’t need the nuclear energy because we have so many natural resources that we can develop for the people prosperity.

Can you imagine that we live in harmony, live in prosperity? An imagination that we can reach, if we start from now on to initiate the green economy, the green policy in Indonesia. Every movement we have to think about the environment, the climate. Because the nature is not our legacy to our children, but the nature is the deposit from our children that we have to keep it save. So green economy is suitable for Indonesia and we have to start it now to see the better future.



[1] UN General Assembly Creates Key Group on Rio+20 Follow-up Group to work on design of new sustainable development goals (Press Release)

[2] http://earthjournalism.net/stories/6551

[3] http://nationalgeographic.co.id/berita/2012/04/indonesia-sulit-terapkan-green-economy

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