Check and checkmate<\/p>\n
First of all, we are lucky to have a President like Gus Dur.
\nWhy? Indonesia has been \"dying\" since we were hit by the monetary
\ncrisis years ago. Common sense says there is no cure to this
\ncrisis.<\/p>\n
All of a sudden, instead of looking for a good doctor to
\nremedy the economic illness, we chose a \"chess player\",
\nAbdurrahman Wahid, better known as Gus Dur. Fortunately Gus Dur
\nis not an amateur, but a super Grand Master (GM).<\/p>\n
As a GM, Gus Dur will never let his opponent read his moves.
\nUnlike an amateur, a GM never moves his pawns first, instead he
\nmight sacrifice his knight or his bishop.<\/p>\n
The first move was to sacrifice his knight, Mr. Hamzah Haz.
\nThis move shocked many people. They were puzzled, upset and then
\nlost their temper.<\/p>\n
But Gus Dur secured one point here, the Axis force. Without
\nMr. Hamzah, the Axis force had lost one of its hands in the
\ngovernment. Then came the time for the second move, offering the
\nbishop, Mr. Wiranto. The second move secured another point, the
\nmilitary.<\/p>\n
After securing two points, Gus Dur slowed the game by offering
\ntwo of his pawns, Laksamana Sukardi and Jusuf Kalla. Why these
\ntwo? Simply because both of them were on the first line of the
\nchess board, not because they were incapable or uncooperative.<\/p>\n
In playing chess we have something that is called the \"time
\ncrisis\", and Gus Dur knows this very well. He knows when he
\nshould move, and when he must wait. Now Gus Dur still has a king,
\na queen, a rook and pawns.<\/p>\n
So when will Gus Dur trap the opponent's king? Only Gus Dur
\nhimself knows that answer. But one thing is clear, that when Gus
\nDur checkmates the opponent's king, he will secure the last
\npoint, i.e. \"a democratic Indonesia\".<\/p>\n
LAY KA BUI<\/p>\n
Bogor, West Java<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/check-and-checkmate-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }