Indon 98 = Malay 08

ON the year of 1998 the president Soeharto was toppled. A reform movement then swept the nation. Ten years after reform in Indonesia (1998), it is now sweeping Malaysia (2008), with the country's ruling coalition suffering its worst election results ever. What is happening in Malaysia and how do it seen the future of the country's politics? My comment is “If reformation in Indonesia could inspired on Malay’s democratization, how the wealthy life of Malaysian’s economy can happen in Indonesia? So Indonesian labor just stay here not work abroad”.

Des Alwi –Indonesian observer of Malaysian politics- said on the jakarta post 11 March 2008 that the unprecedented results of Malaysia's polls over the weekend may have been inspired by reform and democracy in Indonesia. Malaysia's ruling coalition party lost its two-third majority in parliament, the first time in five decades, but on Monday party leader Abdullah Ahmad Badawi retained his premiership for a second term. He added reform in Indonesia might have stoked the rebellion against the party leader.

Abdullah –or sometimes call by Pak Lah (why not Cik Lah)- has been criticized for his administration's poor handling of the economy, corruption and racial issues. "We went down that road first and I think the wind of reform has blown in their direction," Des said Tuesday to the press."That's our greatest swing to Malaysia." Pak Des Alwi, my question is “If reformation in Indonesia could inspired on Malay’s democratization, how the wealthy life of Malaysian’s economy can happen in Indonesia? So Indonesian labor just stay here not work abroad”. Pak Des was one of Indonesia's negotiators during the confrontation with Malaysia in the early 1960s and was a friend then of Malaysian leaders. Vice President Jusuf Kalla, also Golkar chairman, said Tuesday the victory of the opposition parties was "a common part of a growing democracy, which in Malaysia was thanks to access to information". Then ..."Although the press is restricted in Malaysia, there are short massaging service (on cell phones) and the Internet allows wide public access to information," he told Antara news agency.
to read my comment please go to www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/03/14/sms-malaysia039s-reform.html and read my sms: "If it's true that reform in Indonesia inspires Malaysian democratization, we hope that the wealthy Malaysian economy can also inspire Indonesia so that Indonesians can just stay at home, and they will have no need to go abroad to work".