Embers in a tarnish governance..

Somethings have sprung to my mind when i recalled the serial public discussions with Jurnal Perempuan counterparts—lots of Non Governmental Organizations, for instance law aid institution—or in Indonesia, we call it Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH) Jakarta, LBH Apik, a Coalition of Indonesian Women etc. I don’t deem them as scumbags for the government mechanisms yet i envisage them as embers in a tardy-governanced country, our beloved archipelagic Indonesia.

They audaciously speak about the festering wounds amid the Jakarta or generally—Indonesia societies. They whip on the government for the fair law enforcement for the rabbles. As for, living in Jakarta is so much uneasy for the poors and the disabled people. They’re classified as marginalized groups, often detracted from social facilities, disenfranchised and racked by the mainstream society, or to say the least, by the Satpol PP—Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja—sort of an official police division.

The NGO thereafter lean against the unfair justice hailed by the central government. Thankfully, they’re hefty granted by many funders—e.g. United Nations, Ford Foundations, etc. They stand for their fellow what-so-called a trifling part of society. All the NGOs huddle to repel the supercillious rules and incur many risks.

Well, i have a hunch,..while our society engulfed by the capitalist—yeaah let say..we’re hooked on branded high-tech gizmos, we’re busy of embellishing ourselves by high-brow apparel brands, our under-privileged family still dwells under the bridges, at the river sides, even under the firmament.

I deeply concern about the trend of jeering society towards them. Should the NGOs keep pestering our government and society to show an endearment for them??! I’m not trying to give some caveats of the ever-existence innate and tenacious society gap. We shall attune to the multifacet of society. Give them space to practice their own politics.

Frankly speaking, i do not assault them who keep on basking and self-preening. It’s your damn right to enjoy your stardom living in such an opulence, to have such wanderlusts. What i’m trying to do is bursting out an awareness of our crooked picture of society.

These things need not to be fixed out. The poverty is such a structural gander of society. The government entrepreneurial bent must refurbish the vendors especially for the street vendors, by funding them and allocating more budget for their development. Or else, by empowering the nascent vendors—in the small town or in the city.

To put in another side, in spite of ramming the capitalist blow, i shall think about how to deal with them. I’m not accusing the NGOs are near-sighted in favoring the capitalists. Well, i’m fetching something beyond the mere-niggardly capitalists. We need to be tactful, such as gripping progression of ideas on corporate social responsibility and community development. My advice for the NGOs...don’t put yourself in an enmity to the capitalists...please concoct a negotiated-mode of your contention..for the sake of our enduring idealist projects.