Aksi demonstrasi luar biasa dilakukan di depan Kejaksaan Negeri Bekasi hari ini. Gak hanya orang-orang mengacungkan poster dan meneriakkan desakan anti korupsi, lima ekor tikus putih hidup yang malang pun digigit demonstran hingga terpenggal lalu dilempar ke halaman depan Kejari. Tikus memang sering diasosiasikan sebagai koruptor yang cerdas mengerat uang rakyat, gesit bersembunyi dan sulit […]
Even though the hot topic last weekend was something along the lines of “Indonesia for democracy” in Nusa Dua with the president’s visit for his special Bali Democracy Forum, posters of Bali’s biggest protest were quickly pulled out of sight to make way for the event. From Ngurah Rai Airport to the Palace of Suakawati, […]
After the “champion of the common man” Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was elected as Indonesia’s next president, parliament went for a disappointing 180 and stripped its citizens of their rights to directly elect local leaders on September 26. Earlier this morning at the 7th Bali Democracy Forum, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) expressed his remorse over […]
The island’s water supply has reached crisis level and Bali’s governor, Made Mangku Pastika has asked the management of the regional state-owned tap water company (PDAM) to step it up, reported the Bali Times. PDAM should especially target Denpasar and Badung, Pastika urged. Pastika reportedly explained that the water crisis results from lacking water channels […]
Earlier today at the Bali Democracy Forum in Nusa Dua, Philippines President Benigno Aquino III let the leaders of ASEAN know what’s up with the need to prioritize democracy in their respective countries. Aquino adeptly weighed the pros and cons of totalitarian rule, but urged that it’s ultimately detrimental. Sure, things get done quicker and […]
There’s something kind of funny about banning protests from an international democracy event, but that’s what’s going down in Bali this Friday, as the seventh Bali Democracy Forum is scheduled to open. Police announced that protests and demonstrations of any kind will be prohibited during the two-day international event in Nusa Dua, where the forum […]
Denpasar’s mayor IB Rai Mantra Dharmawijaya is speaking out against parliament’s move last Friday to elect through Regional Legislative Councils (DPRD). Switching to DPRD means the end of the current direct voting system for governors and mayors. Rai Mantra believes that stripping away direct elections could hurt the people. “As mayor of Denpasar, I disagree […]
