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DPR Aceh tak Merakyat

Posted by ChairulFahmi , Sunday, 28 June 2009 at 19:41 Labels:

Anggota DPR (dewan Perwakilan rakyat) Prov.Aceh sedang berlomba - lomba melakukan "piknik" ke Luar Negeri, ada yang ke Saudi Arabia, Belanda, Swedia dan baru baru ini ke Cina secara diam-diam. Alasannya selalu atas nama kunjungan kerja (KUNKER). Namun tidak satupun ada hasil yang bermamfaat bagi rakyat Aceh. sebagai contoh, saat kunker anggota dewan ini ke Belanda dan Sweden beberapa waktu lalu dalam rangka mencari masukan mengenai qanun wali nanggroe dan hasilnya "nol besar".

Ini menjadi ironi sekali, karena dalam tahun 2009 ini ada 12 prioritas Rancangan qanun yang seharusnya diselesaikan oleh anggota DPRA, namun tidak satupun selesai dibahas dan disahkan menjadi qanun. Sementara masa jabatannya akan segera berakhir.

Suara mereka yang lantang saat melakukan kampanye saat pemilihan, namun kemudian suara itu berubah menjadi "diam-diam, kala mereka telah mendapatkan kenikmatan dan empuknya kursi di dewan.


Ironisnya lagi, sangat jarang kita mendengar Anggota dewan yang masuk ke kampung dan daerah-daerah pendalaman untuk mendengar dan melihat kondisi rakyat yang telah memilihnya. tidak pernah ada suara dewan tentang macetnya PDAM, jalan2 yang berlumpur, sampah yang tidak terurus dan menebar bau busuk, drainage yang tidak terdesign dengan bagus dan layak, anak-anak dipedalaman yang mengalami busung lapar, pendidikan yang semakin mahal, pelayanan publik yang tidak merakyat, dsb.

Anggota Dewan memang wakil rakyat tapi hati nurani mereka sangat sedikit yang merakyat.Wallahu'alam.

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A new potential conflict in Aceh

Posted by ChairulFahmi , at 02:58 Labels:

The peace pact signed by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government in Helsinki on Aug. 15 has so far brought hopes of a lasting peace to the province after more than 30 years of war.
But all parties must remain on guard to contain small conflicts at the grassroots, which if not properly tackled could spiral out of control and destroy this blossoming optimism.
The Acehnese, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other world leaders have good reason to be pleased. Speaking at the Sixth Asian European Editors' Forum in Jakarta two weeks after the signing of the accord, Susilo hailed the peace pact as a milestone achievement of his young government.
The Acehnese in general and GAM in particular have been no less sanguine. Despite their lack of trust of the House of Representatives in Jakarta, GAM's response to the accord has been positive, with its guerrillas coming down from the hills, taking off their combat uniforms, surrendering their weapons and returning to their communities after years apart after years apart from their families. It is not surprising, however, that some have admitted, after all the fighting, that they now don't know what to do with their lives.
The response of the Indonesian Military (TNI), whose role in the peace efforts is crucial, has also been encouraging. The TNI and police have exercised self-restraint and begun pulling out troops from Aceh, although they were initially not supportive of the deal. The military's role is so vital in the Aceh peace that it would have been unthinkable to imagine an accord without their support.
In line with the Helsinki agreement, the government has also released GAM members from prisons across the country under a special amnesty program and allowed them to return to their families.
In a nutshell as expressed by Sofyan Djalil, the Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information who is also Acehnese and was a negotiator at the Helsinki talks, ""so far everything is working well.""
GAM took up arms in 1976 against the Indonesian government and the response by Jakarta was the massive deployment of military forces to crush the rebellion. But the Dec. 26 tsunami, which ravaged villages and towns in coastal areas and killed more than 130,000 people, helped push the rebels to drop their long-held demands for independence and return to the negotiating table with the government.
The cessation of this armed conflict, plans to help GAM start new lives by giving them land, living allowances and other resources as well as the goodwill of the former rebels to stop fighting are highly commendable. But it is wrong to simplify conflict in Aceh into the problem of an armed struggle.
The almost 30-year conflict, which has claimed 15,000 lives -- mostly innocent people -- has gone beyond the territory of Aceh, as it has torn into the very fabric of society there, leaving many people with gaping wounds, both physical and mental. The Acehnese have become sharply divided into two groups-- the pro-Jakarta Acehnese and the GAM members or GAM sympathizers.
To heal these wounds will not be an easy job and will require the firm determination of the Acehnese and probably also help from outside, including psychologists and experts on peace and conflict resolution.
""Now we are not afraid of the pai (the Acehnese for the TNI) as at least there is a law for them to obey. Moreover, peace monitors are everywhere to watch their acts. We are worried about enemies in disguise and GAM, who in principle are civilians "", said an Acehnese who lives in Depok, a suburb south of Jakarta.
Some Acehnese, who live outside the natural resource-rich province choose not to return to Aceh, but have adopted a-wait-and-see attitude for their own security.
These lingering doubts must be seen in the context of a transition period in a post-war era, which is usually as rocky and as dangerous as the initial war was. There will be many disguised enemies, who have hard feelings about incidents that may have happened years before, and who see this time of transition as a chance to take revenge.
Recent reports have said that a prominent figure from Sigli was dragged by unknown intruders from his home one night and butchered. His body was found by his family the next day not far from his house, but they could not bury his remains immediately as they were worried about the murderers' return.
In the first incident to threaten the peace accord a former GAM soldier, who surrendered to the TNI earlier this year, was reportedly killed by more unidentified assailants in Lawet village, West Aceh. A GAM spokesman said the victim could have been killed by former colleagues, who had accused him of being a traitor.
Fears about such killings are not being exaggerated, they are common and real -- the results of a long and bitter conflict. If the aftermath of the aborted 1965 coup taught us anything, it is that civilians with the right motivation can kill as brutally and efficiently as soldiers. At least 500,000 people connected to the Indonesian Communist Party were slaughtered in this ""peace-time"" conflict; one still far more devastating than the wrath of any natural disaster.
To prevent 1965's shameful human tragedy from happening in Aceh, all parties -- the Indonesian government, GAM and foreign monitors grouped under the Aceh Monitoring Mission -- need to take the proper steps.
These steps include the employment of enough police to improve security at the villages-level and a campaign to socialize the peace agreement and build awareness among Acehnese -- pro- and anti-integration groups -- on the need to live in harmony and forgive and forget past conflicts.
The initiative by a pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in Leueng Bata, near Banda Aceh to help victims and children of the conflict to come to terms with the past is an excellent first step and should be emulated.
The dangers of future conflict must not be underestimated. Those at the grassroots -- those still in pain, those still sharply divided -- are also those that can be easily manipulated, creating a chaos that could destroy the longed-for peace and the US$5 billion reconstruction.(Ardimas Sasdi)

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ACEH Dalam Lintasan Sejarah

Posted by ChairulFahmi , at 02:27 Labels:

Aceh, sebuah province di ujung barat pulau sumatra terletak di wilayah selat malaka dan merupakan wilayah terakhir yang ditaklukkan oleh Kompeni Hindia Belanda. Sejak 14 Maret 1876 Kerajaan Aceh runtuh, namun secara umum rakyat Aceh tidaklah menyerah kepada kepada penguasa Belanda saat itu. Selama kurun waktu itu sampai tahun 1942, Belanda menyerah kepada pasukan Nippon Jepang dan Aceh menjadi wilayah penjajah Jepang bersama wilayah nusantara lainnya sampai Jepang kalah perang di Asia Fasifik tahun 1945 dari Pasukan sekutu pimpinan Amerika dan Inggris.


Aceh, sejak saat itu menjadi daerah yang kehilangan identitas; kembali ke format kerajaan atau bergabung dengan republik Nusantara. Adalah sejarah juga yang kemudian Aceh ikut berikrar bergabung menjadi bagian dari republik. Hal ini tidak terlepas dari betapa "rasa nasionalisme" ke Islaman rakyat Aceh dengan nasib yang sama dialami oleh bangsa Nusantara yang notabene-nya juga adalah Muslim. Mungkin sejarah akan berbeda jika saudara nusantara laiinya berbeda agama dengan rakyat aceh saat itu (seperti halnya India dan Pakistan yang menjadi dua negara dalam satu jajahan inggris).


Rasa nasionalisme itu kemudian Aceh menjadi salah satu province republik, setalah Aceh menjadi modal kemerdekaan republik dengan memberikan hibah Pesawat RI-1 untuk upaya deplomasi di luar negeri. Namun kemudian Aceh sendiri dihabus dari provinsi menjadi daerah residen yang merupakan bagian dari Sumatra Utara. Rasa kekecewaan rakyat Aceh kemudian menjadi suatu pemberontakan, Tahun 1956 adalah awal negara Republik ini mengobarkan perang terhadap rakyat pemodal kemerdekaan. ribuan nyawa melayang, ketakutan ditebakan. tentara "baroeh" (pasukan TNI) mencari dan menghancurkan semua anak negari yang dicurigai sebagai pengikut Tgk.Daud Bereueh (Pemimpin DI/TII) Aceh.


Perang ini berakhir dengan janji manis Jakarta bahwa Aceh diberi tiga istimewa, dalam hal agama, pendidikan dan budaya. dan Tgk.Daud Bereueh yang berperan besar dalam pembelian pesawat RI pun menjadi tahanan rumah sampai beliau meninggal dunia.


Tahun 1975 Jakarta melakukan eksplorasi Gas dan Minyak secara besar - besaran di Aceh, sementara rakyat miskin, pendidikan yang tidak layak, serta pemulihan terhadap rakyat korban perang tidak dipulihkan mengakibatkan pemberontakan jilid II. Tahun 1976 Gerakan Aceh Merdekapun di deklarasikan di Gunung Halimon Pidie. Ratusan ribu nyawa hilang dan jutaan rakyat aceh harus hidup dibawah bayang bayang ketakutan. setiap pagi mayat dilempar di depan toko-toko di Ulee Glee Pidie Jaya saat itu, mereka di bunuh secara keji oleh pasukan-pasukan syeitan. Rumah-rumah konsentrasi penyiksaan didirikan. Rumah geudong, sebuah rumah peninggalan Ule Balang di Pidie, menjadi bukti kekejaman Negeri republik terhdap rakyat Aceh, siapapun yang dicurigai atau yang dikehendaki.


Selam 30 tahun lebih ketakutan Rakyat menjadi hal yang dianggap sebuah pembenaran atas nama Pemujaan terhadap NKRI. Sampai akhirnya Bencana Tsunami 26 Dec 2004 Menghancurkan dan memporak-porandakan Aceh. lebih dari 200 ribu orang mati dan ribuan lainnya hilang tak teridentifikasikan.


Duniapun terpana, ribuan lembaga dan ratusan negara luar datang membantu Aceh, Republik hanya terpana, bahkan katanya hanya puluhan saja yang meninggal. Namun hal itu terbantahkan oleh berita-berita dari luar negeri. Tsunami menjadi klimak dari bencana kemanusiaan setelah pulahan tahun sebelumnya berada dalam ketakutan dan ketertutupan.


Tuhan pun menetuk hati meraka. Tgl 15 August 2005, Perjanjian damaipun ditandatangadi. menjadi sejarah panjang perjalanan Aceh menjadi daerah yang penuh dengan konflik dan ketulusan. Paling tidak Bencana Tsunami telah membawa rasa damai bagi rakyat Aceh dalam beberapa tahun belakang ini. Sebuah komitmen yang harus di jaga dan dipelihara bersama atas nama kemanusiaan, semoga perdamaian ini akan terus berlangsung sampai dunia ini tiada lagi..

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