DEKOPIN protests minister's decree<\/p>\n
The systematic takeover of the Indonesian Cooperatives Council
\n(DEKOPIN) by the State Minister of Cooperatives and Small-Medium
\nEnterprises (UKM) has culminated with the issuance of Decree No.
\n176\/Kep\/KUKM\/XII\/2005 dated December 12, 2005 on the holding of
\nDEKOPIN's Occasional Members Meeting (RAS).<\/p>\n
DEKOPIN strongly rejected the RAS that was held by the state
\nminister. What has been done by the minister is an arbitrary act
\nof taking over the most essential rights of DEKOPIN.<\/p>\n
The decree is nothing but a despotic act of the minister
\nagainst DEKOPIN management that was legally elected in the annual
\nmeeting of the DEKOPIN members in 2004. The illegal transfer has
\nviolated Law No. 22 of 1992 on cooperatives, particularly
\nparagraph 50. The DEKOPIN management has reported this matter to
\nPresident Bambang Yudhoyono.<\/p>\n
The more crucial thing is that the minister's decree made no
\nmention of Presidential Decree No. 24, of 1999 on the amendment
\nof DEKOPIN's statutes which is still valid to date.
\nTherefore, DEKOPIN has appealed to the President to stop the
\nabuse of power by the cooperatives minister so as to avoid it
\nbecoming a bad precedent in our democratic life and cause
\ndisgrace in the cooperatives movement. It should be noted that
\nthe provincial cooperatives offices had put pressure on the
\ndistrict cooperatives to attend the above mentioned RAS.<\/p>\n
The DEKOPIN management is of the opinion that the cooperatives
\nminister's measure is part of a systematic program (openly or
\nillegally) to remove Article 33 from the 1945 Constitution, which
\nwas followed up by trying to paralyze DEKOPIN as an institution
\nto promote the people's economy.<\/p>\n
Considering that DEKOPIN is a member of the International Co-
\noperatives Alliance (ICA) which highly respects the values of
\nindependence as well as cooperatives identity, ICA will likely
\nbring the case to the attention of the alliance.<\/p>\n
DEKOPIN also has to forward this case to the National
\nCommission of Human Rights and bring it to the State
\nAdministrative Court.<\/p>\n
SRI-EDI SWASONO
\nDEKOPIN Chairman
\nJakarta<\/p>",
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