Saturday, August 18, 2012

The Meaning of Indenpence Day

Since August 17, 1945 was 67 times celebrate our nation's independence. The Japanese had no more. Likewise, the Company that existed for hundreds of years in this country. Free flag fly. Every free citizen join the elections. Is it just the meaning of freedom?


 The meaning of an independence must be different for each person. For traders Telok brother, meaning a freedom when he freely traded "anywhere" to sell a variety of products Telok brother ikutannya. There are ship-calluses, miniature boats boats. For him independence was free trade. Especially if it is not accompanied by freedom levies fees by thugs or extortion by government officials.

Freedom for a prisoner is out of the bars, free to roam anywhere without any limitations. Certainly the status of prisoners, such independence is no longer on him. Like a bird in a cage. Can not do anything about it.

Limited in the surrounding barrier. The new prisoners realizing how valuable a freedom for granted. Maybe imagined past deeds that made prisoner status. If charged as a corrupt, he began to remember what was wrong with his behavior. If corruption is clearly understandable, but not a few of them holds a corrupt due to a "mere accident." As a result of the policy, they understand it is difficult administration.

For the freedom fighter, meaning a freedom must change. If the first meaning of independence is defined escape from the clutches of the Netherlands and Japan, it is now after decades of years of Indonesian independence, surely the quality of independence that must change. Not just that. The fighters interpret independence as a state where the nation Indonesia has the independence. The Indonesian nation has been transformed into a powerful nation "aligned" with the colonizing nations was.

Big Indonesian Dictionary also defines the word freedom as bound, not dependent on a particular person or party. Fairly broad meaning. But the least understood of Indonesia no longer tied with Japan and the Netherlands. The two countries had "arbitrarily" with Indonesia. Both countries are no longer determines the color and all the actions of the Indonesian nation.

For the people of Indonesia, mostly, meaning a simple independence. They do not really understand about the protocol state. Not too concerned with theories about independence. They demand things simple proof of this country has really managed to fill the independent and independence. Small people make sense of independence that the country with the ability of the state to provide basic necessities. That's it.
For ordinary people the ability to provide their basic needs, that means the country's independence. When they need information, the state could provide cheap electricity and easy. In fact, electricity is not only expensive but also not easy to come by. Only the city of Palembang alone there are an estimated 6,000
people queued to install electricity. Various PLN only reason that condition.

Independence is also associated with the ability of the state to provide security to them. First, given the extraordinary fear of the Dutch and Japanese. But is now the Indonesian nation free from fear in all its forms? Is it safe to drive on our roads? Is it safe to our children walk to school? Is it safe to us ride motorcycles, ride the bus, shopping the traditional market, to withdraw money at automated teller, using gas cylinders? How secure our country from the criminals who daily perform well friendly with her uniform in the legislature, eksekuitif, the judiciary and even in the private sector? Apparently after 65 years of independence, we are still hesitant to answer these questions explicitly.

Researching only just in the month of July-August 2010, how many of our people who committed suicide because of economic trouble? Surely the government has argued that suicide is not for economic reasons. But the fact is because of economic trouble. For some families, life is more difficult. Wages are not so high, not parallel to the increase in their daily lives. A construction worker wages rely Rp 60.000, - per day. It is said that it is good, what about the porters on the market, a motorcycle, motorcycle beca, and others faced with high prices continue to soar. Not to mention the need for treatment and the need for the school fees of their children. There was a new wage if they work. If they are healthy. Surely independence with the atmosphere as it was less meaningful to them.

To me freedom means, among other countries manage to provide basic needs (basic needs) for every citizen. Leaders who truly "day and night" to find a way to achieve well-being of its citizens. The representatives of the people really think and fight for the interests of the people. Not weird. How could it not strange that the holy month of Ramadan a representative of religion-based parties were arrested as police were preparing methamphetamine before iftar party. Freedom does not mean our nation astray by the culture of other nations, including taking drugs. In fact, hardly any province in Indonesia that is free from the influence of illegal drugs it. It could be that the new invaders of our nation. Freedom does mean we are free to do "various things." But let us not get lost by the word independent. We keep a grip on the ideals of the founding fathers that the meaning of freedom is the well-being (welfare) for all the people of Indonesia. The keywords should be entrenched in the psyche of our leaders.