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Kepemimpinan Muda Indonesia

paulus — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:10:55 +0000

Wacana kepemimpinan muda di kancah politik Indonesia sudah mulai bergulir sejak musim kampanye Pemilu 2009 digulirkan beberapa waktu silam. Nama-nama seperti Tifatul Sembiring, Fadjroel Rahman, Rizal Mallarangeng, Hidayat Nur Wahid, dan Yusril Ihza Mahendra mulai mencuat ke permukaan menantang nama-nama lama seperti Amien Rais, Megawati Soekarnoputri, Gus Dur, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, maupun Jusuf Kalla untuk berebut kursi presiden 2009.

Terlepas apakah kandidat-kandidat tersebut cukup punya kualitas untuk menjadi presiden, secara pribadi saya merasa memang sudah waktunya ada muka-muka baru yang mewarnai panggung politik negara ini. Bosan juga, dari mulai reformasi 1998, calon presiden kok ya itu-itu saja. Mbok kita dapat kandidat baru gitu. Bukannya latah sama Obama lho ya.

Cuma repot-nya tentu soal nego-nego politik dengan partai lagi. Mana di Indonesia partainya banyak sekali.

So, siapa kandidat presiden pilihan mu?

the quest for presidency

paulus — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:07:53 +0000

it officially starts again. The long, tedious, boring campaign for house of representative in Indonesia. Gosh, here we come again.

A total of 34 party will be involved in the campaign. Can you imagine that? 34. i guess there are a lot of very confident people who thinks they can represent the people of indonesia. And what’s more interesting, there were only 24 parties involved in 2004 election. Go figure !!!

I have been through 3 elections (1999, 2004, 2009) where I was eligible to cast a vote, yet sadly I haven’t voted for once. Yes, I’m one of those so-called gol-put. No, i don’t intend to start the whole golput-not golput debate.

And sadly, seems like the upcoming elections don’t have many fresh candidates. It’s still the same old politicians running around minding their own business. I just hope there’s something promising in the upcoming campaign, so i don’t have to go all gol-put again