Some people’s political diction is always associated with things that have a negative connotation, some even justify that politics is dirty. The term monetary policy, policy pitting against each other, etc., reinforces the label that politics is bad.
In fact, the meaning of politics, according to KBBI, is “the knowledge of the administration of the state or the state”. In general, politics is defined as a means, an action, to gain power.
The 2024 simultaneous election is a political process in the interests of the people, the nation and the state. One of the efforts to perpetuate the existence of the state is through general elections. Presidential elections, regional leaders and people’s representatives in Parliament.
The founding fathers of the country did their best so that the unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia could be sovereign until now. They fought selflessly. The policy of the founding fathers of this republic is at the highest level: the policy of national morality and humanity. Politics becomes sacred because it is based on the interests of the nation and the state.
The weather is changing. Civilized politics is slowly disappearing. The New Order recounted the development policy for which the New Order regime could do anything.
“L’Etat c’est moi,” said King Louis XIV of France in 1655. King Louis’ arrogance of absolute power was similar to the condition of Indonesia in the era of the New Order.
The reforms undermined Soeharto’s rule in 1998. Almost anything that smacked of the New Order was pulled down. Unfortunately, only the stem remains, the roots.
The politics of reform is the politics of renewal. The 1945 Constitution has been amended. Rules and regulations fixed, bureaucracy fixed. The reforms are working, but the impact is mixed.
The birth of the Regional Self-Government Law in the reform era distributed power among the regions. Corruption has also spread in the region. Witness the many regional officials arrested by the KPK.
As the 2024 concurrent elections approach, identity politics is spreading. This is practical political behavior that takes advantage of religious issues to win votes. Identity politics divides society.
Therefore, I invite you to be solemn towards the simultaneous elections of 2024 with a civilized policy.
Budi Sartono SoetiardjoCilame, Ngamprah, West Bandung Regency
LPU tariffs
The decree of the Minister of Communication and Information number 222 of 2022 of May 30, 2022 regarding the amount of the Universal Postal Service (UPS) tariff has resulted in an increase in national shipping tariffs.
The rates for this service use shipping costs. Lots of complaints from philatelists and postcrossers. As a result, the postcrosser stopped sending cards.
Activities of teachers sending postcards and stamps to students will stop, including efforts to teach writing skills and present events and history through stamps.
Vita PriyambadaMalang 65145
Expenses for Hajj
Raising the ONH twice is a brilliant move to cut decades of hajj queues. The fastest hajj queue in Mahakam Ulu Regency, East Kalimantan, 18. The longest queue was at Bantaeng Regency in South Sulawesi, 97.
By doubling the ONH to IDR 69 million, future pilgrims who had been patiently waiting since 2013 and giving up their initial deposit of IDR 25 million (at the time the equivalent of 45 grams of gold) became aware and canceled their departure . They must deposit an additional ONH of IDR 44 million (currently equivalent to 45 grams of gold). The cancellation led to a reduction in the 97-year-old hajj queue.
In the future, to maintain the capital preservation of the initial pilgrimage deposit, if necessary, increase it to the equivalent of 100 grams of gold and in the form of precious metals. No cash.
May Allah SWT give taufik and guidance to the initiator of increasing ONH.
Shalahuddin HWest Cilendek, Bogor City
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