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tapi ini pertama kali di wawancara oleh The Straits Times, yang merupakan koran terbesar di Singapura, jadi boleh lah.
Indonesia's presidential elections: Nationalistic tone to candidates' plans for economy
Nationalistic tone to candidates' plans for economy
Publication Date : 22-05-2014
Indonesia's presidential candidates have both devoted a substantial portion of their manifestos to fixing Southeast Asia's largest economy, but plan to adopt a more nationalistic tone in doing so.
Economic sovereignty is a key slogan for Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, and his running mate Jusuf Kalla, as well as for Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Hatta Rajasa.
They emphasise self-sufficiency in food and energy, as well as a review of the oil and gas sector and related laws, to boost national capacity.
The July 9 presidential election will be a two-way race pitting Jakarta governor Joko against former special forces commander Prabowo.
The Jokowi-Kalla document argued that this focus on self-reliance was not aimed at isolating the country, but to improve its competitiveness by relying on available resources and developing them first.
Tjahjo Kumolo, secretary-general of Joko's Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle (PDI-P), told reporters: "Economic self-sufficiency does not mean being anti-America or anti-foreign. "If we're lacking (something), we can import it."
Both pairings outlined their platforms, broad strategies and targets in documents filed with the Election Commission this week, as required by law, and uploaded on its website.
They both sought to ensure 12 years of compulsory and free education, up from nine at present.
They also promised to develop rural areas and boost physical infrastructure in order to raise incomes and living standards.
But there were some distinctions in emphasis.
The Jokowi-Kalla ticket, in its 41-page submission, pledged to bring about clean and effective governance, reform law enforcement agencies, improve labour productivity and competitiveness, and set a target of processing investment and business licences within 15 days - plans that if realised, would improve the business climate.
The Prabowo-Hatta ticket, over nine pages, vowed to boost per capita incomes from 35 million rupiah a year to 60 million rupiah (US$3,037 to US$5,270), with annual growth of 7 to 10 per cent, as well as continue bureaucratic reforms and existing infrastructure projects.
"Both contain many good programmes that will benefit the people," Berly Martawardaya, of the University of Indonesia's economics department, told The Straits Times.
"The weakest part is neither of them stated clearly where the money will come from. Will they increase taxes or sell shares of state-owned enterprises?" he added.
The Jokowi-Kalla manifesto also calls for limits on the sale of shares in banks to foreigners, and reciprocal access for Indonesian banks in countries that have banks in Indonesia.
Significantly, it devoted some attention to the protection of human rights, including those of migrant workers and minorities, and vowed to resolve all violations, including those related to the killings of suspected communists in 1965 and the May 1998 riots.
"The strengthening of primordial and fundamentalist values threatens the existence of living with diversity in Indonesia," it said, citing the surge in conservative religious views and violence in the name of religion.
The Prabowo-Hatta manifesto only contained a brief commitment to "protect citizens from all forms of discrimination, disturbances and threats, and to uphold human rights".
Critics of Prabowo have taken issue with his human rights record, and his coalition also includes four Islamic parties, some of whose leaders have condoned religious intolerance.
Economic sovereignty is a key slogan for Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, and his running mate Jusuf Kalla, as well as for Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Hatta Rajasa.
They emphasise self-sufficiency in food and energy, as well as a review of the oil and gas sector and related laws, to boost national capacity.
The July 9 presidential election will be a two-way race pitting Jakarta governor Joko against former special forces commander Prabowo.
The Jokowi-Kalla document argued that this focus on self-reliance was not aimed at isolating the country, but to improve its competitiveness by relying on available resources and developing them first.
Tjahjo Kumolo, secretary-general of Joko's Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle (PDI-P), told reporters: "Economic self-sufficiency does not mean being anti-America or anti-foreign. "If we're lacking (something), we can import it."
Both pairings outlined their platforms, broad strategies and targets in documents filed with the Election Commission this week, as required by law, and uploaded on its website.
They both sought to ensure 12 years of compulsory and free education, up from nine at present.
They also promised to develop rural areas and boost physical infrastructure in order to raise incomes and living standards.
But there were some distinctions in emphasis.
The Jokowi-Kalla ticket, in its 41-page submission, pledged to bring about clean and effective governance, reform law enforcement agencies, improve labour productivity and competitiveness, and set a target of processing investment and business licences within 15 days - plans that if realised, would improve the business climate.
The Prabowo-Hatta ticket, over nine pages, vowed to boost per capita incomes from 35 million rupiah a year to 60 million rupiah (US$3,037 to US$5,270), with annual growth of 7 to 10 per cent, as well as continue bureaucratic reforms and existing infrastructure projects.
"Both contain many good programmes that will benefit the people," Berly Martawardaya, of the University of Indonesia's economics department, told The Straits Times.
"The weakest part is neither of them stated clearly where the money will come from. Will they increase taxes or sell shares of state-owned enterprises?" he added.
The Jokowi-Kalla manifesto also calls for limits on the sale of shares in banks to foreigners, and reciprocal access for Indonesian banks in countries that have banks in Indonesia.
Significantly, it devoted some attention to the protection of human rights, including those of migrant workers and minorities, and vowed to resolve all violations, including those related to the killings of suspected communists in 1965 and the May 1998 riots.
"The strengthening of primordial and fundamentalist values threatens the existence of living with diversity in Indonesia," it said, citing the surge in conservative religious views and violence in the name of religion.
The Prabowo-Hatta manifesto only contained a brief commitment to "protect citizens from all forms of discrimination, disturbances and threats, and to uphold human rights".
Critics of Prabowo have taken issue with his human rights record, and his coalition also includes four Islamic parties, some of whose leaders have condoned religious intolerance.
