No matter, if the death row convicts had been undergoing lengthy legal process and the courts declared them guilty, foreign countries remained appealing the President Jokowi to stop the execution.
Australia, France and Brazil are among the countries that requested their citizens not to be executed. Various approaches they did. If nonetheless fulfilled, they threatened would be uncomfortable consequences, such as withdrawal of their ambassadors from Indonesia.
Not only the governments of foreign countries, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon also expressed objections. He asked the Indonesian government to reconsider the abolition of the death penalty moratorium.
Indonesia faced with a difficult situation. While it is part of the international community, which is one and the other countries need each other and maintain good relations with each other, and continually strive to develop mutual relations between them in various fields that allow.
When the government of President Jokowi insisted the decision to continue to perform the execution, the most difficult step was not only meaningful courage and fortitude. It's a great effort to save the nation: a decision taken at a great price.
This country is in a situation that is bitter and shaken hard by the terror of drugs. Said Head of Public Relations of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Commissioner Slamet Pribadi, in Indonesia every day 33 people (other reports put the figure at 40 and 50) died as a result of illicit goods. Meanwhile, the Indonesian materially harmed Rp63,1 trillion per day.
Is it enough, if we're just stated slogan "say no to drug?" Then we-do stick them on walls, banners or billboards, or via stickers, as it used to be done through many kinds of ceremonies?
Now that we've been waiting for the impact of execution in Nusa Kambangan. For example, the drug traffickers and their couriers give up and hastily changing profession to be safe. While the addicts flocking to ask to be rehabilitated.
It is the fact we can not deny that drug business still pitch. Report arrests, raids, demolition or whatever the name of the police action and BNN uncover drug cases still continue adorn the mass media.
Including in South Kalimantan, which, reportedly, is ranked sixth in drug abuse. Among which covered by Antaranews in the last April Banjarmasin Police Deputy chief AKBP Dwi Wahyu Ariwibowo announced the seizure of nearly 500 grams of shabu-shabu with a value of nearly 500 million. He said 17,000 people were saved by the arrest.
Towards the end of April, BNNP South Kalimantan assisted by the Traffic Police. arrested five members of narcotics syndicate of inter-provincial network with a half kilogram of methamphetamine.
Catches in April is not much compared to the previous month, when South Kalimantan Regional police caught drug courier with 77 packages of methamphetamine weighing 3.7 kilograms and 4,700 ecstasy pills worth Rp 4 billion. Actor, Agus Wijaya, was indicated as part of a network of drug suppliers from Malaysia.
Thursday (28/5), Banjarmasin Narcotics Unit Police destroyed evidence of narcotics types of methamphetamine as many as 20 packets weighing 314.29 grams and valued at Rp500 million.
While in other areas, BNN managed to dismantle the drug business that was controlled by an inmate of the Karawang prison. Eight suspects arrested with the total evidence seized 16,323.7 grams of methamphetamine and 778 inex.
Also in East Kalimantan, local BNN seized 1 kg of methamphetamine and other evidence in the arrest in Port Semayang, Balikpapan.
In the meantime, Interior Minister Tjahjo Kumolo confirms that 40 percent of the 187 districts border become "door" in and out of drug. Among them, he said, is the Riau Islands, Papua, East Nusa Tenggara. "This is a national disaster, national emergency for us," he said during a meeting with regional heads, DPRD, all Election Commission and Election Supervisory Committee in the Province of North Sulawesi in Manado.
Interior Minister said the BNN reports per day on average 46-50 people died because of drugs. Per RT 1-2 already infected drug injectors or suction, while the police arrested, detained, and in the process of rehabilitation to 4.8 million people.
In fact, said the Minister, drug users should not be detained, because this is the cause of 80 percent of full correctional institutions then users actually "learn" to become dealer.
Repairing damaged sense
If you pass through Jalan A Yani around km 15 Gambut Subdistrict, Banjar District, then on one side of the street there is a community health center put up huge billboards warning the dangers of smoking with 4,000 toxins it contains.
Ask smokers if they know the dangers of smoking? You know the answer. That is, the issue of smoking, with various consequences it brings, is common knowledge.
Understanding all know does not mean tolerance. Even if there are people who smoke, and those around him still, it is a forced attitude. Forced to be in suffering: do not smoke, but smell, smoke goes to the nose and directly into the lungs.
From the scene repeated every day, even many times, in many places, especially in public places, we can judge that smokers do not care about themselves and do not care about the people around him. He threw himself into an accident and with his actions caused others to fall into the same accident.
Is not it a stern warning on the cigarette pack : no longer smoke causes cancer ... etc, but smoking kill you! If cigarettes eventually lead to death, who was killed, the smoker or people around him?
Smokers and drug addicts have the same characteristics, bear against themselves and to others. Their common sense not functioning normally or even damaged. Already clearly know the goods they consume causes much suffering, even death, but they still use them.
Conditions of drug user is far more severe. Drugs make the user apathetic, antisocial, even in the association in its immediate environment. Ustadz Ahmad Nida Lukman, a therapist from consulting agencies therapy and rehabilitation for social issues in Banjarmasin, said they lost control, left the norms and ethics, so it is not able to show politeness and reasonable.
Drugs, he said, causing them to no longer take into account the honor, kindness, and safety, as well as property owned by the family and the family name. Drugs also lead to a criminal act can ruin relationships and kinship.
The caretaker and manager of Pesantren Darul Mukhtar (specialty drug) at the Benua Anyar, Banjarmasin, splits the dangers of drugs into seven, namely danger to himself, a danger to the family, a danger to society, the danger to the nation and state, the danger to the organs of production, the danger to property , and a danger to the household.
However, he warned, that the victims of drugs, whoever they are, in fact are the ones who need special attention, pitied, and prayed. "They did slip, intentionally or not, but generally want to go back to the habitat in fact, simply can not afford," he said.
"They need help. To help the healing process there must be collaboration between users, parents, family, and the team of experts who handle it, "he said.
Mandatory urine test
Indeed relationship between trafficker and courier with a drug user is no different than the seller and buyer in general. The law of supply and demand also apply here. To stop it, one of them or both of them should be disconnected.
Thus, the "reckless" decision of President Jokowi, which makes criticized by many parties or people who do not agree, should be thumbs up. It's a smart decision to choose which one is right. If it does not expressly so there will be continued supply.
Its demand too. One way that governments employ to decide upon is through a urine test as a preliminary stage before then continues with rehabilitation.
After the Minister of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform Yuddy Chrisnandi require all civilian personnel undergo urine testing, then Menristekdikti (Minister of Reseach, Technology and High Education) Muhammad Nasir followed by requiring new students to undergo drug tests at the reception of the academic year 2015/2016.
"I oblige to all the rectors of state universities and private conduct drug tests to new students, because the drug can damage the future of the nation," said Muhammad Nasir.
Menristekdikti words that drug can damage the future of the nation is a fact that can not be denied. The fact happening around us show everything. How can we expect young people to have a good future, when the good values that exist in them (the victims) damaged by drugs?
No wonder, when Health Minister Nila Farid Moeloek said Indonesia could lose productive young generation due to high drug users in the country.
In fact, Deputy Law and Cooperation BNN Aidil Chandra Salim said drugs are weapons of mass destruction. "More dangerous than the real weapon physical damage, this is more the impact, which is not visible yet dangerous," he said.
The urine test is to check the content of drug substances in a person's urine. Does he use of amphetamine (such as sabu-sabu, ecstasy, and ineks), THC (marijuana or cannabis) or morphine (heroin). If positive, then it is obligatory for him to undergo rehabilitation.
But the question is whether the user is willing himself caught a drug addict? Despite Minister Yuddy said urine test is not to find fault with civil servants, besides if positive will not be immediately imprisoned.
However, if caught how? Shame, it is obvious. Not only himself, the family too embarrassed. It may even be excommunicated. However, the real question is if he subsequently recovered from addiction, will the profession or position also restored?
It is also the real question for prospective students, especially those who are already taking drugs. Whether, if the later has been rehabilitated, and maybe they got the drug-free certificate or a similar one, the opportunity to be given for them to become a student?
Is not it, after rehabilitated -we very expect- they will become the "new human" again, which have no toxins opium in them, and common sense they had already recovered, so the societal norms that had disappeared from themselves went back and they were not taking drugs again? Allaah knows best.
Pewarta: Mahdani: Imam Hanafi
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