Diam-diam, Nasution-Kennedy Bertemu Buka Tabir Agenda Politik RI-AS

Rencana pertemuan antara Jenderal AH Nasution dengan Presiden Amerika Serikat John F Kennedy (JFK) medio November 1963 mengemuka di sebuah jurnal. Beragam analisis menggambarkan agenda politik antara Indonesia dan negara adidaya untuk membangun kekuatan.

“Jenderal AH Nasution memang menjadi tulang punggung Presiden Soekarno saat itu. Dia berperan untuk meyakinkan JFK agar komunisme dibendung,” ungkap ahli kajian wilayah Amerika dari Universitas Indonesia Retno Sukardan Mamoto, PhD, Rabu (25/1).

Menurutnya wajar jika Nasution-lah yang menemui langsung sang pemimpin karismatik itu sebagai Kepala Satuan Angkatan Darat. Selain sebagai pemangku kekuasaan militer tertinggi, Nasution dikenal sebagai sosok yang anti komunis.

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Police admit misconduct in dealing with recent Papua congress

The police have admitted that some of their personnel had acted out of line in dealing with participants of the Third Papuan People`s Congress in Abepura recently.

"Some of our members had overstepped the limits of proper conduct in dealing with the Papua Congress people. But these officers have been held to account by our Ethics Council. They ignored the law when carrying out their security duties," the head of the National Police`s public relations division, Inspector General Saud Usman Nasution, said here on Monday.

The police officers concerned, 15 in number, made procedural mistakes when they dispersed the congress but they had now been given sanctions, Saud said.

The cases of the 15 erring police officers were handled by the Police`s Ethics Council in four sessions.

"The first session involved four members of the Mobile Brigade of the Papuan regional command and two of them were given a written reprimand, two others were put in solitary confinement for 14 days," he said.

The former chief of the Jayapura city resort police was processed in an ethics session on November 22, 2011 and given a written reprimand.

Seven other police officers have also been given written reprimands. Five petty officers meanwhile were processed on November 23 and given seven days in solitary confinement and written reprimands, he said.

"The city resort police chief was the responsible one and members have been processed through ethics sessions and given punishment depending on their activities when enforcing the law against the attack on the legitimate government on November 19, 2011," he said.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) following its investigation on October 23-27 into the incident connected to the 3rd congress of Papuans concluded that the police had violated procedures when dealing with it.

From : http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/78001/police-admit-misconduct-in-dealing-with-recent-papua-congress

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US image to go down if fund to UNESCO terminated

The image of the United States in the eyes of international community would go down if that country decided to stop funding UNESCO following the recognition of Palestine`s membership within that international agency, an observer says.

The step taken by the United States to stop funding UNESCO showed their lack of seriousness in finding solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, a Middle East observer, Bantarto Bandoro, said in an interview with Antara, here, Wednesday.

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RI's FM meets Myanmar`s rights commission chief

On the first day of his 3-day visit in Myanmar on Saturday, Foreign Affairs Minister Marty M Natalegawa met the chairman of the country`s Human Rights National Commission U Min Wra, the foreign affairs ministry said on Saturday.

The meeting between Marty and U Min Wra was also attended by several members of the Human Right National Commission, the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Assembly Ko Ko Hlaing, and 11 prominent Myanmar civic society figures, including NGO activists, businessmen, pressmen and human rights activists.

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Golkar wants all sides to stop undermining each other

Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal Bakrie has called on all parties to think positively and not to smear or undermine each other.

"There is no need for us to smear each other. We must together build (the country) and not undermine each other," he said in his speech at the commemoration of the party`s 47th anniversary at the Bung Karno Sports Stadium here Saturday.

The event was also attended by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who is concurrently the chief patron of the ruling Democrat Party, First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, their son Edhi Baskoro, and thousands of Golkar Party cadres.

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President to make 5-day working visit in France

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to leave for France on Monday (Oct 31) for a five-day working visit.

In Paris, President Yudhoyono would fulfill the UNESCO director general`s invitation to speak at a special session marking the 10th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, the president`s special aide for international relations, Teuku Faizasyah said here on Saturday.

The invitation was a manifestation of UNESCO`s appreciation for the Indonesian government`s commitment to protecting and promoting cultural diversity as living assets, he said.

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opresident thanks golkar for criticisms, inputs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has thanked the Golkar Party for all the criticisms it had addressed and the inputs it had given to the government so far.

He expressed the appreciation in his speech at the 47th anniversary of the country`s second biggest party at the Bung Karno Sports Stadium in Senayan here on Saturday.

"I want to say thanks for all the criticisms and inputs Golkar has addressed to the government. The government will continue its efforts to bring about improvements," he said.

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No military reinforcements sent to Papua

Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said no military troops from outside Papua had been deployed there to back up security forces in the restive province.

"(There have been) no TNI personel shipments to Papua from other regions. Security (there) is fully under the police`s control," he said on the sidelines of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono`s visit to aircraft industry PT Dirgantara Indonesia here on Wednesday.

The minister said security in Puncak Jaya is still under police coordination and it is under public security category.

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All sector police offices in Papua on alert

National Police Chief General Timur Pradopo has announced that all sector police offices in Papua Province, especially in Puncak Jaya District, are on alert status.

"All of them are on alert , particular;y in Puncak Jaya," General Timur said at the State Palace here on Tuesday.

Police have deployed a team to hunt unidentified men who shot dead Mulia Sector Police Chief Adjunct Commissioner Dominggus Otto Awe on Monday (Oct 24).

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RI law minister visits Denpasar penitentiary

Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin visited the Class-II Denpasar Correctional Institute on Saturday.

The minister is in Bali to accompany President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the latter`s working visit to the paradise island.

During his ten-minute visit, the new law and human rights minister did not allow newsmen to accompany him.

But after getting out of the correctional institute, the minister told newsmen he had just wanted to see the condition of part of the penitentiary.

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President to install new cabinet on october 19

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to install his newly-reshuffled cabinet on October 19, his spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said here on Saturday.

"The installation will be on October 19 before we leave for Lombok," he said after the summoning of candidates for deputy ministers at the President`s private residence.

President Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono are scheduled to make a working visit to Lombok on October 19 to officially open the new Mataram International airport in West Nusa Tenggara which will be followed by a visit to Bali until October 24 so that the inauguration of the newly reshuffled cabinet would be on Wednesday morning.

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Kalla to speak on peace at World Youth Meeting

Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla is ready to speak on peace at an International Youth for World Peace meeting in Ambon on Saturday, October 1, 2011, an official said.

"The former vice president expressed his readiness to Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu on Thursday evening," Maluku`s Regional Executive Council of the Indonesian Youth National Committee (KNPI) chairman Zaharuddin Latuconsina said here on Friday.

He said Kalla was scheduled to be a keynote speaker at the meeting, to be organized by World Assembly of Youth (WAY).

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Menteri Keuangan Akan Datang ke KPK Selasa

Menteri Keuangan, Agus D. Martowardojo, akan memenuhi panggilan KPK untuk diperiksa sebagai saksi terkait penyelidikan dugaan kasus suap di Kementerian Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi pada Selasa, 4 Oktober 2011 pukul 10.00 WIB.

"Saya baru sampai dari Washington kemarin dan baru mendengar untuk diminta klarifikasi di KPK. Saya akan datang ke KPK Selasa (4/10) jam 10," kata Agus seusai meresmikan Sensus Pajak Nasional di Gedung Jakarta International Event & Convention Center (JITEC) Mangga Dua Square, Jakarta, Jumat (30/9).

Rencananya, hari Jumat, Agus dipanggil KPK untuk dimintai keterangan seputar kasus dugaan suap di Kementerian Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi.

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Indonesia calls for UN reform

Indonesia expressed hope the United Nations could strengthen its central role of promoting cooperation among countries in the world by reforming itself.

"To be able to address new and emerging challenges, and not least, to identify new opportunities, full support for, and reform of the United Nations are key. That is the only way the United Nations can remain relevant. The only way to ensure that multilateralism will flourish," Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa said at the 66th UN General Assembly here on Monday.

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President Yudhoyono visits Muarojambi temple

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday morning visited Muarojambi Temple which has been registered by UNESCO to be one of the world`s cultural heritage monuments.
The head of state visited the Temple, considered one of the richest archaeological sites on the island of Sumatra, in the company of First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, Culture and Tourism Minister Jerwo Wacik, Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono and a number of other ministers, Jambi Governor Hasan Basri Agus, and several local officials.
President Yudhoyono arrived here on Wednesday for a three-day working visit until Friday, and the visit to Muarojambi Temple is part of his agenda.

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Yusuf Kalla still weighing whether or not to run for president

Former vice president M. Jusuf Kalla is still weighing whether or not he would run for president in 2014.
"It will all depend on whether the nation still needs a figure like him or not. Let us just wait and see," he said here on Saturday.
The survey mechanism to be used by the Golkar Party to select a candidate provides an opportunity for Jusuf Kalla to be nominated by the party to become its candidate for the presidential election in 2014.
Golkar Party secretary general Idrus Marham said earlier the survey would be open for all figures including Jusuf Kalla as a former party general chairman.

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Dapat Berkah Lebaran, Muhammad Nazaruddin Jadi Berani Buka-Bukaan

Muhammad Nazaruddin mengaku mendapatkan berkah hari raya Idul Fitri 1432 Hijriah. Alasan itulah yang membuat tersangka kasus suap wisma atlet Sea Games itu bersedia mengungkapkan keterkaitan pejabat Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK).

"Pak Nazar mengatakan dirinya mendapat berkah hari raya. Intinya, Pak Nazar bersedia "buka-bukaan" dan menceritakan apa yg ia ketahui," kata Pengacara Nazaruddin, Dea Tungga Esti usai menemui kliennya di Rutan Mako Brimob, Kelapa Dua, Depok, Selasa (6/9/2011).

Berkah tersebut, kata Dea, karena saat lebaran Mantan Bendahara Umum Partai Demokrat dapat diizinkan bertemu keluarga serta menjalankan Salat Ied berjamaah.

"Pak Nazar sekarang mempunyai kekuatan secara batin untuk bicara mengenai apa yg ia ketahui tentang keterkaitan Pejabat KPK serta orang-orang yang terkait lainnya," imbuhnya.

Diketahui, saat hari raya Lebaran, anggota keluarga yang mengunjungi Nazaruddin di Rutan Mako Brimob yaitu saudaranya Muhammad Nasir dan Hasyim. Ada pula beberapa anggota keluarga lainnya, mereka berada di dalam rutan Mako Brimob sekitar 30 menit. Selain itu, Pengacara Nazaruddin, Afrian Bondjol juga ikut mengunjungi suami Neneng Sri wahyuni.

Dikutip dari : http://id.berita.yahoo.com/dapat-berkah-lebaran-nazaruddin-jadi-berani-buka-bukaan-144638996.html

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Max Sopacua: Bukan karena SBY Takut

Wakil Ketua Umum DPP Partai Demokrat Max Sopacua mengatakan, tindakan Presiden yang juga Ketua Dewan Pembina Partai demokrat Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono membalas surat M Nazaruddin bukan karena takut. Oleh karena itu, ia meminta publik jangan menyalahartikan apa yang dilakukan Presiden tersebut.

"Tidak, ini  dijawab tidak karena ketakutan Presiden. Jawaban itu untuk memberikan penjelasan kepada rakyat. Jangan selalu diasumsikan itu karena dia takut. Enggak. Apa ketakutannya di sana? Selama hukum masih berlaku. Selama kita masih menjalankan proses hukum dan selama belum ada terlihat siapa yang salah dan siapa yang benar, tidak perlu takut," ujar Max di Gedung Nusantara II DPR RI, Jakarta, Senin (22/8/2011).

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Nazar: Saya Lupa Semuanya, Tak Tahu Apa-Apa

Setelah diperiksa selama sekira tiga jam, tersangka kasus suap wisma atlet SEA Games, M Nazaruddin akhirnya keluar dari Gedung KPK, Jakarta.
Pantauan okezone, Nazaruddin yang dikawal ketat oleh puluhan Brimob keluar dari Gedung KPK sekira pukul 13.30 WIB, Selasa (18/8/2011). Nazaruddin nampak lemas dan berjalan tertatih dipegangi oleh dua orang yang memegang tangan kanan dan kirinya.

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Pidato Presiden SBY dengan Penjagaan Super Ketat

Pengamanan ketat terlihat menjelang pidato kenegaraan Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) di Gedung DPR/MPR, Senayan, Jakarta, Selasa (16/8). Gedung tersebut dijaga ratusan polisi dan puluhan tentara.

Aparat keamanan juga memberlakukan pengawasan super ketat kepada undangan, tidak terkecuali wartawan. Setiap undangan yang masuk ke Gedung DPR diperiksa dengan pendeteksi logam. Mereka yang tidak bisa menunjukan ID khusus untuk acara kenegaraan tersebut terpaksa tidak bisa masuk.

Berdasarkan pantauan di lapangan, setidaknya delapan mobil panser dan dua helikopter disiagakan di belakang Gedung Rapat Paripurna I, DPR. Sejumlah personel TNI dan polisi dengan senjata laras panjang berjaga-jaga di setiap sudut.

Sejauh ini belum ada tanda-tanda kedatangan Presiden SBY. 

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