JAKARTA (AFP): very notion of democracy potential for efforts to generate wealth. Because, in a democracy, political rights and civil society members be better protected so as to stimulate the rise of creativity and innovation.
It was announced by Chairman of the Board of Experts Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI), Prof. Dr. Ginandjar Kartasasmita, the National Labor Gathering (Silaknas) ICMI in Pekanbaru, Riau, on Friday (11 / 1) night. In Silaknas which lasted from 11 until January 13, 2008 was Ginandjar convey exposure themed "Realising Democracy Politics for People's Welfare".
"Democracy is just a political system, then to generate socio-economic progress needs to be followed by public policies are appropriate to the socio-economic progress," he said.
However, according to Ginandjar who is also Chairman of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), the politics of money (money politics) had removed the consideration of objective and rational considerations that should be the primary consideration in a democracy. "Democracy is awakened in this manner will not be able to improve the life of the people as a whole," he said.
Precisely as a consequence of political money, he said, the political process will end, and aspirations - despite having voiced by a free press - still no effect on the political decision making.
"As a result anyway, there was the paradox between the aspirations and will of the people with what he thinks and decided by the political elite," he said.
Ginandjar said, therefore, there must be balance in decision-making process for the management of the state, between the political forces represented by political parties with civil society, represented by the characters of individuals and community organizations are active in educational activities and social.
"Including the balance of roles between state institutions, such as between the DPR and DPD. Thus, we can obtain the state constitution that guarantees the implementation of a truly democratic, and to the welfare of the people with justice," he said.
Strengthening Democracy
For that, said Ginandjar, the agency charged with reviewing all the constitutional provisions for strengthening democracy, the ideas expressed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on August 23, 2007 needs to be realized. Thus, state agencies will have the results of the 2009 elections can function better and more effective.
"This principle is not in the direction of individualism, the notion of collectivism is also not taught by Marxism. It is the spirit and attitude as a nation that must be maintained in the face and take advantage of the globalization process," he said.
Ginandjar said, in a frenzy of effort preparing a highly competitive economy, the Indonesian nation must not be separated from the direction of building an economy based on economic democracy.
Cooperative, said Ginandjar, giving examples, to live in an atmosphere of internal organization that is not healthy. This is caused by weak vision, commitment, and competency of human resources cooperation. "The support given by the government, though it was quite a lot, so far not been effective because it has not touched the main problems faced by the cooperative," he said.
Economic democracy, which can provide equal opportunities to all people to be able to access resources in the form of new economic formulation of Article 33 of the Basic Law (Constitution) of 1945.
According to Ginandjar, it is time for all parties to come together to formulate an operational system of economic democracy so understood the nation's economy is no longer split between the concept of "market economy" and understood "people's economy". (Yudhiarma)
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