[Marinir] FW: Statement by President Yudhoyono

[Yap Hong Gie]

Dear all,

Sengaja saya tidak hilangkan sumber dan kata pengantarnya, supaya bisa dicek
keabsahan dari pidato Presiden RI yang menggetarkan dibawah ini ini.

Wassalam, yhg.
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ps.
Chris, I do appreciate you sending this email in between the hectic
schedule, please keep me posted with further news.

Thank you and have as successful journey.

Best regards yhg.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JKT NV/KANTER, CHRIS"
To: <ouwehoer at centrin.net.id>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 12:26 PM
Subject: FW: Statement by President Yudhoyono

Gie,

Im with SBY in Washington, below is one of his speech which got very
long standing ovation even he criticize Americans, earlier on his speech
in white house many people cry including President Bush when he talk
about tsunami.

Regards,



ADDRESS BY
H.E. DR. SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
AT A DINNER TENDERED BY
USINDO
WASHINGTON DC, 25 MAY 2005

Bismillaahi rahmannirrahiim

Thank you, Senator Kitt Bond, for your kind introduction, and thank you for
your friendship for Indonesia.
If you could kindly print me a copy, of that very generous  introduction.

My first order of business is, to invite all of you, to give a big hand to
honor Ambassador Al Laporta and Ambassador Ed Masters of USINDO, for
the great work they have done all these years, to get Indonesia and America
closer.

The best badge of honor you can proudly wear is our great admiration and
utmost respect for your tremendous contribution, to the peoples of Indonesia
and America.

I also commend the US-ASEAN Business Council Matt Daley, Walter Lohman,
Bob Heinz and colleagues for their dedication and tireless work, to promote
business ties between America and ASEAN.

I am pleased to see all of you here tonight.
Just in case some of you thought you came to the wrong reception, let me
confirm that my name is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
I feel it necessary to say my name because a few months ago, I was
introduced by someone as President Yoko Ono.

I come from a small village called Pacitan, in East Java.  After graduating
from high school, I joined the military, got married, earned a graduate
Degree in the United States, led a peace keeping unit in Bosnia, got my four
star, became a Minister, left the Government, joined the elections, and
became Indonesia's sixth President last year.

(That is the short version, of course; the long version is actually much
more complicated than that)

You know, this is my second keynote address for USINDO.
I will never forget my first USINDO keynote address in 2003.
Of all the 365 days that were available in the year for me to speak, USINDO
managed to pick the one evening, where the mighty hurricane Isabelle shut
down Washington DC.
And I don't know how they did it, but USINDO managed to get a full hall of
people who braved hurricane Isabelle. There was a moment when I suspected,
that they dressed up hotel staff in tuxedos to attend my keynote address.

I think USINDO is trying to make it up for me tonight, by selecting a
warm, lovely summer evening for me, to speak before an even larger
audience.   And let me tell you,   Al, that it is working!

I must admit, however, that tonight I see a force that is much stronger,
much more powerful than hurricane Isabel.  That force is the radiant spirit
of friendship and goodwill, that warms our evening tonight .

It is with that spirit, that I come to this great country of  yours.

And it is that spirit, that force, that drives the relations between
America and Indonesia.

Today, I met with President Bush to discuss how to strengthen our bilateral
relations.  We agreed that our relations are stable and strong.
I think we emerged from that meeting with an understanding, that this
relationship is too important to be taken for granted, and too promising to
be taken lightly.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am sure you have noticed, that something has happened to the relations
between Indonesia and America recently.

There has been an incredibly deep emotional connection between America
and Indonesia since the tsunami.  Mainstream America became visually and
emotionally, exposed to Indonesia's tremendous agony.
President Clinton told me, that ONE THIRD of the American households
contributed to the tsunami victims, a display of solidarity, that is perhaps
unheard of in US history.

And on the ground in Aceh, the US military and the Indonesian military
worked together, day and night, to find the dead and bury them, while
saving the survivors.  I was amazed to learn that the crews of USS
Abraham Lincoln flew 2,800 missions in Aceh and Nias, to deliver food,
medicine, water to tsunami survivors.
I was also moved to hear, the devotion of the doctors and nurses on board
USNS Mercy, who performed over 19,000 medical procedures for tsunami
victims in Aceh and Nias.

Which is why, when the USS Lincoln and USNS Mercy ended their humanitarian
mission in Aceh and Nias, they left behind thankful patients, tearful
friends, and a grateful nation.
You should all be proud of America has done to help the tsunami victims.

The tsunami ordeal sparked global solidarity, but it also gave the world
an insight into true face of Indonesia.

Look, I know that Indonesia has suffered from an image problem in the
last few years. The financial crises, capital flight, political instability,
ethnic conflict, the East Timor mayhem in  999, separatist rebellions,
the Bali bomb, the Marriot bomb, forest fires.
All these events shaped international perception towards Indonesia.

But they no longer paint an accurate picture of what the PRESENT
Indonesia is all about.

I have come tonight to present you with a sketch of Indonesia's PROFILES,
as I see them from my office.
These profiles, I think, reflect the real portrait of today's Indonesia.

The first of these is what I call the profile of courage.

These days, you see it all around the country, as we embrace and sweat
for change.

But I saw it most clearly during the despair of the tsunami, when the whole
of Indonesia wept, and came together.

The rich, the poor, children, students, housewives, artists--everyone
got into the act of caring and contributing.  No other event, has brought
the whole country together like this.

And in Aceh, courage was the common currency.  I saw the ultimate sacrifice
in our soldiers who drowned while trying to save the people.

 And I saw courage in the eyes of the soldiers I met at Meulaboh, who
remained in their post to rescue the people , even as they found out that
their family had perished.  I saw the undying spirit in a young girl I met
in Nias, who lost her entire family but told me the only thing she wanted to
do was, to go back to school so she can be children again.
I saw compassion  in the thousands of volunteers who went to Aceh and Nias
to bury the dead, risking infectious diseases.

And I saw an incredible will to survive in an Acehnese kid named Martunis,
only 7 years old, who survived the tsunami after being adrift for 21 days in
the open sea.  He taught himself to eat instant noodles, and survived on
just a few bottles of mineral water, that floated by him in the water.
He was found on January 15th. Because Martunis was wearing a replica of
famous soccer player Rui Costa, the Portuguese national players are now
looking after his rehabilitation.

In short, the tsunami has produced thousands of nameless heroes.
It reaffirms the dictum, that Indonesia is always at its best in the moment
of our greatest despair.

This profile of courage, compassion and solidarity is what I want you to
remember, about the true face of Indonesia.

Then there is the  profile of a democratic Indonesia.

Last year, we held one of the most ambitious, and most complex elections
anywhere in the world.  Over a period of 9 months, 3 rounds of elections
were held: one Parliamentary round, and two Presidential rounds.
What I find to be remarkable is that, it seemed like Indonesians cannot get
enough of elections: in each of the three elections, voters turned out
exceeded 110 million, making it a total of over 350 million voters for the
whole year.
Forgive me for saying this, but that is a larger voting turn-out than in the
US.

We held the free and fair elections in our terms, in our own way, in our own
resources.  No one can dispute that, the Indonesian people have full
ownership of our democracy.

I think the 2004 elections changed Indonesia for good.

It showed that Indonesians were not afraid of change.

It brought about new style and new standard of campaigning, which by
consequence modernized Indonesian politics.  It showed that Indonesia can
pass through the second free and fair multi-party elections and secured a
peaceful transfer of Government, which is a benchmark for democratic
maturity.

It changed political landscape, for the first time installing a President
with a strong popular mandate, chosen not by political party but directly by
the voters.

And most importantly, it produced widespread hope among Indonesians.

And those of you with business plans in Indonesia will be pleased to know,
that the overall result of the 2004 elections is a political order with
greater stability, durability and predictability.


THAT is the face of democratic Indonesia.

And that is why, the relations between Indonesia and America today is
different than before.  Ours is now a unique relationship between two
democracies, between the world's two largest democracies, between the
world's oldest democracy and a younger democracy.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I wish to tell you another face of Indonesia.

I call it the profile of CHANGE.  My good friend Adam Schwarz, who came
into my office a few weeks ago, called it a "new energy" in Indonesia.

Whatever you call it, many would tell you that Indonesia FEELS differently
now.

A heat of change is upon us.

There are so many anecdotes that tell this story of change.

You see in the corruption investigations of one of Indonesia's largest
state-owned Bank, Bank Mandiri, or in the investigation of the Electoral
Commission's shady procurement practice.
You see it in declining smuggling activities at our ports.
You see in the fact that, for the first time, over 400 hundred people from
many different elements have been detained for illegal logging.
You see in it the fact that 37 officials-including Governors, mayors,
regents and members of Parliament are under investigation or being tried for
corruption.
You see it in the way we investigate the suspicious death of human rights
activist, Munir.

My favourite story is of a provincial Government official who immediately
cancelled his order of 9 expensive Mercedes Benz after I was sworn-in as
President-a wise move, I must say.

Daily and weekly, you read stories in the media that tell you that Indonesia
is back on its feet that we ARE trying to do the right things.

We are undergoing a sweeping process of change and creative deconstruction.
Some of them are relatively easy, others are painful.

And if you go by the numbers, I think we are on the right track.
The rupiah is stable. The economy grew by (6,4 %) in the last quarter,
despite the tsunami.  We have one of the lowest budget deficits in Asia.
Our stock market peaked to over 1.000.  And for the first time, we are
seeing net capital inflows.  If you don't believe me, ask the rating
agencies-S&P, Moody, Fitch who have given Indonesia higher marks recently.

Finally, there is the profile of internationalism.

It means that  Indonesia is preoccupied with domestic affairs, and the
cliché about Indonesia being inward-looking no longer applies to us.

Indonesia is now an outward-looking country very much eager to shape
regional and international order, and intent on having our voice heard.

It is a sign of our new internationalism that for the first in Indonesia's
history, my Presidential inauguration in October last year, was attended by
foreign leaders and special envoys, from Australia, Brunei Darussalam,
China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Timor Leste, Thailand .

In the last 6 months, we have actively projected Indonesia's new
internationalism.  At the ASEAN Summit, we strongly pushed for the ASEAN
Security Community, and we are now at the forefront of the efforts to
convene the "East Asia Summit".

After the tsunami, we called for global solidarity to help the tsunami
victims around the Indian Ocean, and in early January, we held  a tsunami
summit in Jakarta attended by ASEAN leaders, leaders of tsunami-hit
countries and donor countries, the UN Secretary-General, President of the
World Bank.

And a few weeks ago, we hosted the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta attended
by 108 countries, where a New Strategic Partnership was declared between
Asian and African countries, to work for peace and prosperity.

The point is clear: internationalism will be very much part of Indonesia's
dynamism in the next 5 years.

So these are the faces of Indonesia, which I see and hope you will
remember.  It is a profile courage in facing the wrath of tsunami.  It is
profile of a vibrant democracy.  It is the profile of change.  And it is a
profile of internationalism, in the pursuit of our independent and active
foreign policy.

The total sum is a country in transformation. Not just a changing-but
transforming.

You know, in 2001, my favorite columnist, Thomas Friedman, called Indonesia
(along with Russia), "a messy state,  too big to fail, too messy to work".

Well, if Thomas Friedman were to revisit Indonesia today, I would show him
that Indonesia now is NOT "messy state", but a "fully-functioning
democracy".

Ladies and gentlemen,
Dear friends,

 I have come here to America, to strengthen our bilateral relations, but
also because I believe that Indonesia and America have a very good
opportunity to work together, to promote international peace and prosperity.
Indonesia's independent and active foreign policy requires us to have a
stable, strong, constructive and broad-based engagement with America.

I should like to share a few thoughts on A question, that many of my
American friends have asked me: what should be America's role in the world?
How should America engage the world?

Well, let me say this.  The United States wields enormous power and
influence in world affairs.  It is referred to as the only remaining
superpower in the world, the only country able to project its power anywhere
around the globe.
 The United States has the world's largest economy, has the world's largest
defense budget, has world's largest spending on intelligence, and has the
world's largest diplomatic machinery.  It also has nuclear weapons and is a
permanent member of the UN Security Council.
And its sense of nationalism today, particularly since 9-11, is highest than
it has ever been.

The usage of  America's enormous power, therefore, is a matter of great
interest to the rest of the world .

The present and future world order will be determined by how America uses
that enormous power at her disposal, and, more importantly, how she SHARES
and allocate her resources to promote peace and prosperity .

America's enormous power is a source of security to some, and insecurity for
others.
That is why, I think it   is important for the US to project and emphasize
more of its SOFT POWER.  The US has no shortage of soft power: in terms of
culture, values, sports, entertainment, business, education, science and
technology, living standard, media, the US has tremendous appeal to the
international community.  Remember: the use of soft power charms and
disarms.
Hard power, on the other hand,  if it is used incorrectly, provokes
resistance and, sometimes, resentment.

America's engagement with the world has strongly emphasized democracy,
but perhaps there is a more important theme: GOVERNANCE.
Governance, in my view, is the ideology of the 21st century.

With governance, democracy thrives; without it, democracy fails.  If the
world is to change for the better, it will require MORE than the expansion
of democracies, it requires the greater employment of governance.

America's engagement with the world should also stress on TOLERANCE-- 
not just freedom, but also tolerance.

I would venture to say that in some cases, tolerance is more important than
freedom.
It is tolerance that sets us free.  It is through tolerance that we can
attain genuine peace.  It is tolerance that protects freedom, harness
diversity and delivers progress.
It is tolerance that makes openness manageable.  In fact, I would even
venture to say, that in the affairs between states and within state, the
real division is those who embrace tolerance and inclusion, and those who do 
not.

And when it comes to tolerance, no one has a monopoly.
Whether you are big, medium or small, we all can learn from one another.

We in Indonesia would also like to see the flowering of MULTILATERALISM
on the international scene-so that we may see the grandeur of American
leadership.  For a leader does not work alone.  A leader works with and
through others.
We would like to see America leading a multilateral global partnership, for
peace and development.

In particular, the international community expects America to lead in the
efforts, to meet the Millenium Development Goals, which includes the goal to
half the number of people living in poverty by 2015.
The Millenium Development Goals has a unique uniting value, because it is
not determined individually by a particular power, rather it is set
collectively and democratically, by the community of nations.

I think, I also speak for the international community in expressing the
hope, that the United States will remain open to students from all over the
world.

I know, it is the natural instinct of Americans to want to change the world.
What I would like to tell you is, that the best way for America to change
the world is to share your knowledge with the world.
Remember: this is coming from a President, who graduated from Webster
University in Kansas.

The United States is still the number one choice for Indonesian students,
who want to study abroad.
And I am glad that today President Bush affirmed his desire, to see more
Indonesian students studying in America.

My final advise to America relates to something that my father taught me and
a well-known virtue of Asian cultures.  It is called: patience.

Everything about the American culture is super fast-just like globalization,
just like the ATM machine.  But the world is a big supermarket, where
everyone runs on different speed.  The world also has different clocks.

In such a world, patience, combined with perseverance, can be just the key
to unlock the many problems of our world.

So be brave, America, but also be patient.

So these are my two-cents worth of advise to America.

If they are worth anything, it is because they come from the heart, and they
come from a friend.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I have now come to the end of my remarks.  Or perhaps more accurately, I
have now completely run out of things to say to you.

I appreciate seeing all of you here tonight, and I speak on behalf of my
people to thank you all, for your friendship and goodwill for Indonesia.

Have a good evening, and God bless you all.

Thank you.