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Impeachment became a public discussion in recent months in line with the Bank Century investigation by the Special Committee which was formed by the Parliament. The term means the dismissal of the president and/or vice president in his term by MPR (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakat). Another term that is also used in this sense in “makzul” which actually being used in the past to refer to a king that had been forced to descend the throne of power.

The issue of impeachment is warmed up lately because of the alleged violation of law in the case of bailout funds as big as Rp 6, 7 trillion, which is given to the trouble-ridden Century Bank. The violation was allegedly committed by Vice President Boediono at the time he served as the governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) in 2008. The policy was created by Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK) chaired by the Minister of
Finance.

Governor of Bank Indonesia was one of members of the committee. This institution is a government agency that is part of the executive, That is way some parties related its policy with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) as the chief executive in presidential systems. In a presidential system, presidents indeed fully responsible for the governance. continue reading…

It was reported that a few months ago, several print newspapers in the United States were bankrupt. The existence of the paper is now undoubtedly being replaced by the Internet.

Some print newspapers companies now begin using the website as an alternative for the printed media. The information traffic around our lives are can no longer obtained only through verbal or printed message, but also we can get it online through the Internet.

Currently, the Internet continues to experience a rapid tremendous growth. Internet users became bolder, as if mankind has managed to find a new world to rebound his weariness in the real life. For example, facebook is a remarkable phenomenon that deserves scrutiny. It gives us a thought: how a set of human attention can be diverted from the real world into the virtual world. In fact, as happened some time ago, through a mass movement, facebook had built a Facebooker Support 1,000,000 KPK. continue reading…

One of the leading programs to ensure food security to be conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture is to develop a Food Estate. Some observers have criticized the policy of agriculture, and some have accused him as a part of neolib agenda in Indonesia,

Food policy concerns of this estate is that the development model of large-scale Estate Food is considered a potential national agricultural patterns shift from peasant-based and family-based food production to corporate-based food production. It is feared that this condition would undermine national food sovereignty. Another concern is the environmental impact caused by it, given the Food Estate was likely to be done by way of “clearing” the forest to create new agricultural sites.

The question aroused is that is this policy really did not mean anything for the future sustainability of agriculture and food security in Indonesia? Is this policy so harmful, so that it should be stopped? continue reading…

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