NU joins public policy network
NU joins public policy network
JAKARTA: The country's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul
Ulama (NU), has joined the Indonesian Public Policy Network
(JAJAKI), which aims to help find a new model of development in
Indonesia following the reform movement in 1998.
The inclusion of the NU brings the number of major government
and non-governmental organizations supporting the network to 30.
Other signatories include Muslim organization Muhammadiyah,
the National Commission on Human Rights, the Centre for Strategic
and International Studies, noted state universities and
provincial governments in West Sumatra and Sulawesi.
NU deputy chairman Rozy Munir and Satish Mishra, representing
the United Nations Support Facility for Indonesian Recovery
(UNSFIR) which sponsors the network, signed a memorandum of
understanding last week to mark the cooperation.
Major media organizations such as Tempo, The Jakarta Post and
Sinar Harapan also support JAJAKI.
The network intends to help policymakers cope with a host of
issues including developing democracy, decentralization and
global concerns such as the threat of terrorism. -- JP
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People urged to watch nomination
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People urged to watch nomination
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Women's Movement for Politics urged
the public on Wednesday to mount pressure on political parties to
allow women to make up 30 percent of their legislative candidates
for the 2004 elections.
Francisia Seda of the Center for Electoral Reform (CETRO)
suggested that pressure be applied during the candidate selection
period between November and December.
"That will be a crucial period and we will increase pressure
on political parties," she said after a meeting at the office of
the National Mandate Party (PAN) here.
Also present at the meeting were, among others, women
activists Debra Yatim, Yeni Rosa Damayanti and Titi Sumbung.
Meanwhile, PAN executive Dewi Coryati said party members who
intended to contest the elections would be required to win
support from the party's regental offices in the provinces they
represent.
To win the support, the candidates will have to promote the
party's platform, Dewi said. - JP
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Inconsistency found in Constitution
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Inconsistency found in Constitution
JAKARTA: The Constitutional Commission held a meeting on
Wednesday to hear the opinions of its members on the four
constitutional amendments conducted by the People's Consultative
Assembly between 1999 and 2003.
During the meeting presided over by commission chairman Sri
Sumantri, commission member Dahlan Thaib said he found some
conflicting articles in the amended Constitution.
Dahlan said the Constitution states the president and vice
president are elected by the people, but the Constitution does
not specify the same for governors and other heads of lower
regional administrations.
Direct presidential elections were approved in the second
amendment to the Constitution in 2000, but the third amendment a
year later failed to agree on the direct election of governors,
regents and mayors only because Law No. 22/1999 on regional
administration had not been revised. The law stipulates that
heads of regional administrations are elected by local
legislatures.-- JP
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PT Integrasi win IT tender
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PT Integrasi wins IT tender
JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) announced on
Wednesday that PT Integrasi Technology had been awarded a tender
to provide information technology (IT) infrastructure for next
year's elections.
The final result was announced after the five days given to
the public to lodge objections to the company winning the tender
after the KPU announced it as the preliminary winner.
KPU member Chusnul Mar'iyah said the commission had delayed
the announcement for one day as the KPU needed time to respond to
a number of objections.
Chusnul, who is in charge of the IT tender, just returned from
Morocco on Wednesday. --JP
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Coastal development needs locals
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Coastal development needs locals
JAKARTA: Coastal and maritime development in the coming 10
years must empower local communities to manage their natural
resources in a sustainable manner, an expert said on Tuesday.
Tridoyo Kusumastanto of the Bogor Agriculture Institute said
coastal and maritime development had so far neglected the role of
local communities.
"We have produced rulings and implemented projects to develop
our coastal and maritime resources over the past decade, but
failed to encourage public participation," he said during a
national workshop.
Attendants at the workshop included Minister of Fisheries and
Maritime Affairs Rokhmin Dahuri and former environment minister
Emil Salim.
Tridoyo urged the use of foreign loans for coastal and
maritime development to help improve the prosperity of local
communities.
"We lack pro-coastal community, non-elitist and participatory-
based policies," Tridoyo said.-JP