Fw: [itb77] Pidato SBY yang membanggakan (utk yg belum membacanya)

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Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 12:54:02 +0700
From: "Dr. Agus Prabowo" <prabowo-CEl11YIPC8wonQOsbbxO8Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <itb77-DzvTHOYnpihaCN38hz+VB57PR6L3/7vP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [itb77] Pidato SBY yang membanggakan (utk yg belum membacanya)


Mungkin ada yang tertarik.
Ini pidatonya SBY di Washington minggu lalu.

Salam,
Uwo (AR'77)


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ADDRESS BY 
H.E. DR. SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO 
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA 
AT A DINNER TENDERED BY  USINDO 
WASHINGTON DC, 25 MAY 2005 

Bismillaahi rahmannirrahiim 

Thank you, Senator Kitt Bond, for your kind introduction, and thank you
for your friendship for Indonesia. If you could kindly print me a copy, of that
very generous  introduction. 

My first order of business is, to invite all of you, to give a big hand to honor
Ambassador Al Laporta and Ambassador Ed Masters of USINDO, for the great  work
they have done all these years, to get Indonesia and America closer. 

The best badge of honor you can proudly wear is our great admiration and
utmost respect for your tremendous contribution, to the peoples of Indonesia and
America. 

I also commend the US-ASEAN Business Council Matt Daley, Walter Lohman,
Bob Heinz and colleagues for their dedication and tireless work, to promote
business ties between America and ASEAN. 

I am pleased to see all of you here tonight. Just in case some of you thought
you came to the wrong reception, let me confirm that my name is Susilo  Bambang
Yudhoyono. I feel it necessary to say my name because a few months ago, I was
introduced by someone as President Yoko Ono. 

I come from a small village called Pacitan, in East Java.  After graduating from
high school, I joined the military, got married, earned a  graduate Degree in
the United States, led a peace keeping unit in Bosnia, got my four star, became
a Minister, left the Government, joined the elections, and became Indonesia's
sixth President last year. 

(That is the short version, of course; the long version is actually much more
complicated than that)  

You know, this is my second keynote address for USINDO. I will never forget my
first USINDO keynote address in 2003. Of all the 365 days that were  available
in the year for me to speak, USINDO managed to pick the one evening, where the
mighty hurricane Isabelle shut down Washington DC. And I don't know how they did
it, but USINDO managed to get a full hall of people who braved hurricane
Isabelle. There was a moment when I suspected, that they dressed up hotel staff
in tuxedos to attend my keynote address. 

I think USINDO is trying to make it up for me tonight, by selecting a warm,
lovely summer evening for me, to speak before an even larger audience.    And
let me tell you,   Al, that it is working! 

I must admit, however, that tonight I see a force that is much stronger, much
more powerful than hurricane Isabel.  That force is the radiant spirit of
friendship and goodwill, that warms our evening tonight.  

It is with that spirit, that I come to this great country of yours.
  
And it is that spirit, that force, that drives the relations between  America
and Indonesia. 

Today, I met with President Bush to discuss how to strengthen our bilateral
relations.  We agreed that our relations are stable and strong. I  think we
emerged from that meeting with an understanding, that this relationship is too
important to be taken for granted, and too promising to be taken lightly.


Ladies and Gentlemen, 

I am sure you have noticed, that something has happened to the relations
between Indonesia and America recently. 

There has been an incredibly deep emotional connection between America and
Indonesia since the tsunami.  Mainstream America became visually and
emotionally, exposed to Indonesia's tremendous agony. President Clinton told me,
that ONE THIRD of the American households contributed to the tsunami victims, a
display of solidarity, that is perhaps unheard of in US history. 

And on the ground in Aceh, the US military and the Indonesian military worked
together, day and night, to find the dead and bury them, while saving the 
survivors.  I was amazed to learn that the crews of USS Abraham Lincoln flew
2,800 missions in Aceh and Nias, to deliver food, medicine, water to tsunami
survivors. I was also moved to hear, the devotion of the doctors and nurses on
board USNS Mercy, who performed over 19,000 medical procedures for tsunami
victims in Aceh and Nias. 

Which is why, when the USS Lincoln and USNS Mercy ended their humanitarian
mission in Aceh and Nias, they left behind thankful patients, tearful friends,
and a grateful nation. You should all be proud of America has done to help the
tsunami victims. 

The tsunami ordeal sparked global solidarity, but it also gave the world
an insight into true face of Indonesia. 

 Look, I know that Indonesia has suffered from an image problem in the last
few years. The financial crises, capital flight, political instability, ethnic
conflict, the East Timor mayhem in  999, separatist rebellions, the Bali bomb,
the Marriot bomb, forest fires. 

All these events shaped international perception towards Indonesia. 
But they no longer paint an accurate picture of what the PRESENT Indonesia
is all about. 

I have come tonight to present you with a sketch of Indonesia's PROFILES,
as I see them from my office. These profiles, I think, reflect the real portrait
of today's Indonesia. 

The first of these is what I call the profile of courage. 

These days, you see it all around the country, as we embrace and sweat for
change. 

But I saw it most clearly during the despair of the tsunami, when the
whole of Indonesia wept, and came together. 

The rich, the poor, children, students, housewives, artists-everyone got
into the act of caring and contributing.  No other event, has brought the whole
country together like this. 

And in Aceh, courage was the common currency.  I saw the ultimate
sacrifice in our soldiers who drowned while trying to save the people. 

And I saw courage in the eyes of the soldiers I met at Meulaboh, who
remained in their post to rescue the people , even as they found out that their
family had perished.  I saw the undying spirit in a young girl I met in Nias,
who lost her entire family but told me the only thing she wanted to do was, to
go back to school so she can be children again. 

I saw compassion  in the thousands of volunteers who went to Aceh and Nias to
bury the dead, risking infectious diseases.  

And I saw an incredible will to survive in an Acehnese kid named Martunis, only
7 years old, who survived the tsunami after being adrift for 21 days in the 
open sea.  He taught himself to eat instant noodles, and survived on just a few
bottles of mineral water, that floated by him in the water. He was found on
January 15th. Because Martunis was wearing a replica of famous soccer player Rui
Costa, the Portuguese national players are now looking after his rehabilitation.

In short, the tsunami has produced thousands of nameless heroes. It reaffirms
the dictum, that Indonesia is always at its best in the moment of our  greatest
despair. 

This profile of courage, compassion and solidarity is what I want you to
remember, about the true face of Indonesia.  

Then there is the  profile of a democratic Indonesia. 

Last year, we held one of the most ambitious, and most complex elections
anywhere in the world.  Over a period of 9 months, 3 rounds of elections were 
held: one Parliamentary round, and two Presidential rounds. What I find to be
remarkable is that, it seemed like Indonesians cannot get enough of elections:
in each of the three elections, voters turned out exceeded 110 million, making
it a total of over 350 million voters for the whole year. Forgive me for saying
this, but that is a larger voting turn-out than in  the US. 

We held the free and fair elections in our terms, in our own way, in our own
resources.  No one can dispute that, the Indonesian people have full  ownership
of our democracy. 

I think the 2004 elections changed Indonesia for good. 
It showed that Indonesians were not afraid of change. 

It brought about new style and new standard of campaigning, which by consequence
modernized Indonesian politics.  It showed that Indonesia can pass  through the
second free and fair multi-party elections and secured a peaceful transfer of
Government, which is a benchmark for democratic maturity. 

It changed political landscape, for the first time installing a President with a
strong popular mandate, chosen not by political party but directly by the 
voters. 
And most importantly, it produced widespread hope among Indonesians. 

And those of you with business plans in Indonesia will be pleased to know, that
the overall result of the 2004 elections is a political order with greater
stability, durability and predictability.  

      THAT is the face of democratic Indonesia. 

And that is why, the relations between Indonesia and America today is different
than before.  Ours is now a unique relationship between two  democracies,
between the world's two largest democracies, between the world's oldest
democracy and a younger democracy.  

Ladies and Gentlemen, 

I wish to tell you another face of Indonesia. 

I call it the profile of CHANGE.  My good friend Adam Schwarz, who came
into my office a few weeks ago, called it a "new energy" in Indonesia. 

Whatever you call it, many would tell you that Indonesia FEELS differently
now. 

A heat of change is upon us. 

There are so many anecdotes that tell this story of change. 

You see in the corruption investigations of one of Indonesia's largest
state-owned Bank, Bank Mandiri, or in the investigation of the Electoral
Commission's shady procurement practice. You see it in declining smuggling
activities at our ports. You see in the fact that, for the first time, over 400
hundred people from many different elements have been detained for illegal
logging. You see in it the fact that 37 officials-including Governors, mayors,
regents and members of Parliament are under investigation or being tried for
corruption. You see it in the way we investigate the suspicious death of human
rights activist, Munir. 

My favourite story is of a provincial Government official who immediately
canceled his order of 9 expensive Mercedes Benz after I was sworn-in as 
President-a wise move, I must say. 

Daily and weekly, you read stories in the media that tell you that Indonesia is
back on its feet that we ARE trying to do the right things.  

We are undergoing a sweeping process of change and creative deconstruction. Some
of them are relatively easy, others are painful.  

And if you go by the numbers, I think we are on the right track. The rupiah is
stable. The economy grew by (6,4 %) in the last quarter, despite the  tsunami. 
We have one of the lowest budget deficits in Asia. Our stock market peaked to
over 1.000.  And for the first time, we are seeing net capital inflows.  If you
don't believe me, ask the rating agencies-S&P, Moody, Fitch who have given
Indonesia higher marks recently. 

Finally, there is the profile of internationalism. 

It means that  Indonesia is preoccupied with domestic affairs, and the cliché
about Indonesia being inward-looking no longer applies to us.  

Indonesia is now an outward-looking country very much eager to shape regional
and international order, and intent on having our voice heard.  

It is a sign of our new internationalism that for the first in Indonesia's
history, my Presidential inauguration in October last year, was attended by 
foreign leaders and special envoys, from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, China,
Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Timor Leste, Thailand . 

In the last 6 months, we have actively projected Indonesia's new
internationalism.  At the ASEAN Summit, we strongly pushed for the ASEAN  
Security Community, and we are now at the forefront of the efforts to convene
the "East Asia Summit". 

After the tsunami, we called for global solidarity to help the tsunami victims
around the Indian Ocean, and in early January, we held  a tsunami summit  in
Jakarta attended by ASEAN leaders, leaders of tsunami-hit countries and donor
countries, the UN Secretary-General, President of the World Bank. 

And a few weeks ago, we hosted the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta attended by
108 countries, where a New Strategic Partnership was declared  between Asian and
African countries, to work for peace and prosperity. 

The point is clear: internationalism will be very much part of Indonesia's
dynamism in the next 5 years.  

So these are the faces of Indonesia, which I see and hope you will remember.  It
is a profile courage in facing the wrath of tsunami.  It is  profile of a
vibrant democracy.  It is the profile of change.  And it is a profile of 
internationalism, in the pursuit of our independent and active foreign policy.  

The total sum is a country in transformation. Not just a changing-but
transforming. 

You know, in 2001, my favorite columnist, Thomas Friedman, called Indonesia
(along with Russia), "a messy state,  too big to fail, too messy to  work". 

Well, if Thomas Friedman were to revisit Indonesia today, I would show him that
Indonesia now is NOT "messy state", but a "fully-functioning democracy".  

Ladies and gentlemen, 
Dear friends, 

I have come here to America, to strengthen our bilateral relations, but also
because I believe that Indonesia and America have a very good opportunity  to
work together, to promote international peace and prosperity. Indonesia's
independent and active foreign policy requires us to have a stable, strong,
constructive and broad-based engagement with America. 

I should like to share a few thoughts on A question, that many of my American
friends have asked me: what should be America's role in the world? How  should
America engage the world? 

Well, let me say this.  The United States wields enormous power and influence in
world affairs.  It is referred to as the only remaining superpower  in the
world, the only country able to project its power anywhere around the globe. The
United States has the world's largest economy, has the world's largest defense
budget, has world's largest spending on intelligence, and has the world's
largest diplomatic machinery.  It also has nuclear weapons and is a permanent
member of the UN Security Council. And its sense of nationalism today,
particularly since 9-11, is highest than it has ever been. 

The usage of  America's enormous power, therefore, is a matter of great
interest to the rest of the world . 

The present and future world order will be determined by how America uses that
enormous power at her disposal, and, more importantly, how she SHARES and 
allocate her resources to promote peace and prosperity . 

America's enormous power is a source of security to some, and insecurity for
others.  That is why, I think it   is important for the US to project and
emphasize more of its SOFT POWER.  The US has no shortage of soft power: in
terms of culture, values, sports, entertainment, business, education, science
and technology, living standard, media, the US has tremendous appeal to the
international community.  Remember: the use of soft power charms and disarms.
Hard power, on the other hand,  if it is used incorrectly, provokes resistance
and, sometimes, resentment. 

America's engagement with the world has strongly emphasized democracy, but
perhaps there is a more important theme: GOVERNANCE. Governance, in my view, is 
the ideology of the 21st century. 

With governance, democracy thrives; without it, democracy fails.  If the world
is to change for the better, it will require MORE than the expansion of 
democracies, it requires the greater employment of governance.  

America's engagement with the world should also stress on TOLERANCE--not just
freedom, but also tolerance.  

I would venture to say that in some cases, tolerance is more important
than freedom. 
It is tolerance that sets us free.  It is through tolerance that we can
attain genuine peace.  It is tolerance that protects freedom, harness diversity
and delivers progress. It is tolerance that makes openness manageable.  In fact,
I would even venture to say, that in the affairs between states and within
state, the real division is those who embrace tolerance and inclusion, and those
who do not. 

And when it comes to tolerance, no one has a monopoly. Whether you are
big, medium or small, we all can learn from one another. 

 We in Indonesia would also like to see the flowering of MULTILATERALISM on
the international scene-so that we may see the grandeur of American leadership. 
For a leader does not work alone.  A leader works with and through others. We
would like to see America leading a multilateral global partnership, for peace
and development. 

In particular, the international community expects America to lead in the
efforts, to meet the Millenium Development Goals, which includes the goal to
half the number of people living in poverty by 2015. The Millenium Development
Goals has a unique uniting value, because it is not determined individually by a
particular power, rather it is set collectively and democratically, by the
community of nations. 

I think, I also speak for the international community in expressing the
hope, that the United States will remain open to students from all over the
world. 

I know, it is the natural instinct of Americans to want to change the world.
What I would like to tell you is, that the best way for America to change  the
world is to share your knowledge with the world. Remember: this is coming from a
President, who graduated from Webster University in Kansas. 

The United States is still the number one choice for Indonesian students,
who want to study abroad. And I am glad that today President Bush affirmed his
desire, to see more Indonesian students studying in America. 

My final advise to America relates to something that my father taught me and a
well-known virtue of Asian cultures.  It is called: patience.  

Everything about the American culture is super fast-just like globalization,
just like the ATM machine.  But the world is a big supermarket,  where everyone
runs on different speed.  The world also has different clocks. In such a world,
patience, combined with perseverance, can be just the key to unlock the many
problems of our world. 

So be brave, America, but also be patient. 

So these are my two-cents worth of advise to America. 

If they are worth anything, it is because they come from the heart, and
they come from a friend. 

Ladies and gentlemen, 

I have now come to the end of my remarks.  Or perhaps more accurately, I
have now completely run out of things to say to you. 

I appreciate seeing all of you here tonight, and I speak on behalf of my
people to thank you all, for your friendship and goodwill for Indonesia. 

Have a good evening, and God bless you all. 

Thank you. 
    


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