Redefine Genuine of Friendship: Trump in U.S. and Anas Urbaningrum in Indonesia
Out of box. Some extremely weird situations in Jakarta Indonesia (extreme) contrast very well when compared in NYC. Imagine how still young Anas Urbaningrum, was formerly Chief of the most powerful political wing in ASEAN (HMI-Himpunan Mahasiswa Indonesia) in Reformasi 1998 (he helmed Chief HMI at 1997-1999), in 2010 to be youngest Chief Political Party at 40 years old, maybe will be the next Indonesia President, and got jailed almost 10 years since 2013 (9 years 7 months). 14 hours ago, there was a gala dinner to break the fast (buka puasa) by HMI just for Anas.
My take: why doesn't (all members of) HMI not hurry to make sure Anas has not got jailed since 2013 whatever cost? If every politician is afraid of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Okay, why hasn't the (ALL) HMI not tried to free Anas since 2014 (when Jokowi became President), or at least begged Jokowi for impunity. Even PM Australia begged (whatever cost) impunity to the U.S. and UK to make Julian Assange free from jail (Belmarsh Prison).
Currently (at least since 3 pm ET - 10 pm ET America), massive “PR-ing” to Trump by all GOP members.All GOP members don't want a Gala Dinner Party in 2035 or whenever to celebrate Trump after got jailed. All GOP members still “ALL-OUT”, “WHATEVER COST” to make sure Trump IS NOT getting jailed.
I say: how actually we define friendship. How I just have very few “solid friendships” in Las Vegas, in Brno, in Dokter Satrio, and other, feel lucky if compared to (jailed) Anas, young - powerful but all his friends are just waiting for him outside prison. NOT TRY (WHATEVER COST) to free him. A lot of people who are indebted (in years) to me, not only attack / bother my friends, smear my profile, my carrier, but also try to hit - ramming my mom on the street.
I write it, again, actually not because of Trump or Anas. I write it because hours ago, my “couple-sweetheart”, my senior, celebrated 5,475 days (nearly 16 years) to be a couple. I am really shy and adore my seniors, how (each other) really love each other, although…. still don't have babies. I reassure myself that… gosh, I (would) not worry if I dont have babies until 40 or 45 years old. Because (number) 5,475 days, I write about Anas (in Indonesia, jailed nearly 5,000 days) & coincidentally Trump in America.
But Karma is real. How fuck-gargantuan torture by Wulan and co., her “animal”, her office was losing trillion rupiah. How one of the Wulan animals, his office, was raided by the KPK (Anti Corruption taskforce). How much torture suffered by Anas Urbaningrum, maybe forever Yudhoyono regime never again on the Presidential Seat: Anas will haunt this dynasty (Yudhoyono dynasty) whatever cost. Same cost he suffered in jail. For my (genuine) friends: thank you for keeping at my side.
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Saya suka melihat hal tertentu dengan amat ekstrim berbeda. Yaitu hal amat janggal di Jakarta dibandingkan di NYC. Tentang pertemanan dan tentang power/kuasa.
Anas Urbaningrum baru berusia 18 tahun pada 1997 dan suda menjadi Ketua HMI, saya politik terkuat se Asia Tenggara. Dan artinya dia punya (& terbukti) berperan dalam Reformasi 1998 karena dia menjadi Ketua HMI 1997-1999. Saat umur 40, dia sudah menjadi Ketua Umum (kebetulan per 2010 amat berkuasa Partai tersebut) Partai Demokrat, masih sangat muda, termuda diantara semua Ketua Partai saat itu. Sangat mungkin jadi bakal calon Presiden Indonesia. Sayangnya, 2013, dia dipenjara.
Saya tidak tahu sehebat apa kuasa Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, sehingga semua politisi takut sekali membebaskan Anas, terlebih pihak HMI. Bahkan setelah Jokowi yang menjadi Presiden, tidak ada upaya apapun dari pertemanan politik Anas, untuk setidaknya meminta pengampunan ke Jokowi. Saya yakin begitu takutnya banyak orang pada (kuasa) SBY, bukan karena Jokowi, sehingga orang-per-orang tidak kunjung mengajarkan “SEGALA CARA” membebaskan Anas, hanya mau menunggu beliau dari luar penjara. Sebagai contoh, PM Australia amat agresif meminta pemerintah Amerika (Biden) dan pemerintah Inggris (Liz Truss, kini Rishi Sunak) untuk membebaskan/untuk memberi pengampunan hukuman kepada Julian Assange, WN Australia), kini masih ditahan di penjara belmarsh.
Saat ini, setidaknya sejak jam 3 sore di pantai timur Amerika sampai setidaknya jam 10 malam, berbagai pihak Partai Republik (GOP) gencar melakukan PR-ing agar mendesak pemerintah Biden untuk mencabut segala dakwaan pada Trump. Mencegah sebisa mungkin “SEGALA CARA, BERAPA PUN BESARNYA PENGORBANAN JIKA PERLU” agar statsu hukum Trump bebas/tanpa dakwaan. Tidak menuju penjara. Para elit Republikan tidak mau melakukan (misalnya) perayaan “bebasnya Trump dari penjara” pada (misalnya) tahun 2035 atau entah tahun sekian. Mereka mencegah Trump masuk penjara. Bukan membiarkan Trump terjerumus diangkut ke penjara.
Saya mendefinisikan: bagaimana absurdnya pertemanan dan absurdnya kuasa. Saya hanya punya pertemanan sejati, amat solid, terpencar dunia. Ditengah penyiksaan macem-macem. Orang-orang yang berutang jasa ke saya, berusaha bukan cuma membunuh saya secara fisik atau membunuh karir dan citra saya, tapi berusaha membunuh ibu saya di jalan. Saya berusaha terberkahi, jauh lebih beruntung, dibanding harus dipenjara seperti Anas Urbaningrum, yang terpenjara, padahal koneksi pertemanan dirinya amat luas - amat berkuasa.
Saya menulis ini justru terpancing karena suatu postingan berunsur angka hari. Saya selalu iri dengan romantisme senior saya, keduanya (beberapa jam lalu) merayakan hari ke-5475. Keduanya amat baik ke saya. Saya bahkan pernah curhat ke keduanya sekaligus. Keduanya amat respek ke saya. Saya terpacu karena jumlah hari Anas dipenjara juga sekitar ribuan hari. Saat melihat angka 5475 dan keduanya belum punya anak (*atau belum sepakat memiliki anak, menjalani hidup seenjoy mungkin di tiap kafe atau di lapangan tenis), saya berusaha membatin “saya ga perlu takut, misal Allah SWT ngasih saya wanita Yahudi, misal saya belum punya anak sampai usia 40-45 tahun.”
Karma itu nyata banget. Saya tahu betul kantor Wulan rugi triliunan. Salah satu hewan peliharaan Wulan, kantornya digasak KPK karena kasus korupsi. Dan saya yakin betul, seluruh keturunan Yudhoyono akan mustahil masuk dalam pemerintahan lagi apapun levelnya: Anas urbaningrum menghantui seumur hidup dirinya, selaras penderitaan yang dia alami di penjara (tanpa teman yang menolong dia bebas). Untuk pertemanan jujur, solid, dan tidak berhenti menolong: terima kasih banyak.
Going back to the beginning of recorded history and beyond, politics is the most deadly game anyone can play. As far as I know we haven’t had a President with the power to throw an opponent in prison to get them out of the way, even though MAGA’s believe it, we haven’t. But we have had in my life time, the assassination of two powerful political players, one being our President John F. Kennedy, the other being his brother Robert Kennedy, not to be mistaken for his son, Robert Kennedy Jr. The first shot to death while in office, the later shot to death while campaigning for office by nothing men, who I’m sure well rewarded for taking the lives of two great men who I believe would’ve made our democracy stronger. Also, and very important, the most important civil rights leader of all time in the western hemisphere, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated while standing on the balcony of his hotel. There will never be another who struck at the hearts and minds of everyone willing to listen, like Martin Luther King Jr., I wish he were alive to see President Obama be sworn in back in 2009, not that it would’ve brought an end to his constant search for enlightenment, and true equality among all.