StatementofCivilSocietyCoalitionforEconomicJustice

PresidentSoesiloBambangYudhoyonoPresenceontheG20ForumwillbeinVain IFonlyGenerateNewDebtandUnabletoFightfortheInterestofIndonesianPeople
G20 High Level Forum will be held on 34 November 201, in Cannes, France. This meeting will discuss several global issues toward global economic crisis and legitimacy of global financial architecturethathasbeenshockedbyitsfailureonsolvingglobaleconomiccrisisproblem.Under France leadership, the agenda of G20 is setting out pathways to cope with the unfinished global crisis by reforming global economic system, strengthening financial regulation, getting over the food price fluctuation, encouraging job creation, fighting against corruption, and strengthening developmentagenda. Though, developed countries on G20 tried to aim the priority at financial crisis solution faced by Greece and Spain, which is predicted to give impact to European countries. With this situation, it seems G20 forum will be used by developed countries (especially European Union and United Statesof America)forrescuingtheir positionfromeconomic bankruptcy.Ontheotherhand,G20 ignored the interest of global people majority who become much poorer and more slumped by globaleconomicsystemthathasfailedtofulfilltheirwealth. TheHighLevelForumofG20isheldinthemiddleofeconomiccrisisinEurope.Thebeginningof thecrisisistheaccumulationofgovernmentdebtburdenanditbecomesmoredeeply.OneofG20 effortstomaintainthesustainabilityofeconomicorderisbyconductingfiscalconsolidationtokeep governmentfinancialendurancefromthenextcrisis. EventhoughG20iscalledasathemostinfluentialworldeconomyforumreplacingG8thathaslost itslegitimacy,butthewholecommitmentsstillrefertoglobaleconomicschemewhichputmarket and financial sector liberalization as the priority, accommodating international financial institutions,andgivingnewdebtsforpovertyalleviation.Alternativeproblemsolvinginitiatedby nonG7 on G20, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), has not yet broken down dominationofeconomyglobalpowerthatusingWashingtonConsensuswayasthemainsolution. Agreements achieved on G20 tend to give benefit for G7 countries and closed the opportunity of developingcountriestoformulateitsowneconomypolicyonsettlingpovertyproblemandwelfare distribution.

TherewillbenomuchchangesthatcouldbeexpectedfromG20foruminCannesontheupcoming 34November2011.Therewillbenopolicypenetrationthatcouldgivenewhopeforglobalpeople andpoorcountriesinpreparationfordominoeffectofUSandEuropefinancialcrisis. In the globalized world economic system, mitigation of global financial crisis as the main agenda fromseriesofG20forumwillputintoeffectifG20couldsupportandgiveademocraticspaceand alsofreedomforcountriesintheworldtoimplementeconomicsystemthattakesidesontheirown nationalinterest,butstillgetmaximumbenefitfromeveryglobaladvancement. SomeofnationaleconomicpolicyadoptedfromG20agreementhasworsenedgenderinequalityin Indonesia. Policy on trade liberalization and privatization of public service increasing workload andworseningwomenandchildhealthdegree,andalsoviolatingequalopportunityprincipalfor everypeople,manandwoman,toenjoytheircivilpoliticalandeconomysocialculturerights. One of the concrete ways of privatization public service that has been conducted in Indonesia is waterprivatization.WorldBankandAsianDevelopmentBankalwaysputIndonesiainonthetrack position for clean water and sanitation goal on MDGs, but privatization and financing through publicprivatepartnership as solutions from those international financial institutions keep away thepoorpeoplefromaccesstorightofcleanwaterandsanitation. Economically, Indonesias position is a developing country (middleincome country), but its presence on G20 Forum does not fight for developing countries interest seriously, including Indonesianationalinterestitself.Pragmatically,IndonesiatakesG20Forumasanarenatogetnew negotiationonforeigndebt,onbehalfofpovertyalleviationorhandlingclimatechange.Ironically, eventhoughthelasttwoyearsofFinanceMinisterialMeetingofG20recommendeddebtreduction butthegovernmentofIndonesiastaysstilltoincreasenewdebtwithsafedebtratioastheexcuse. IndonesiatendstouseitspositiononG20 asan imagetool.IndonesianprideasaChairWorking GrouponDevelopmentAgendaandCoChairWorkingGrouponAntiCorruptionisnotreflectedon itsefforttofightforthoseagendasinnationallevelandG20forumorotherinternationalforums level. On the development agenda, Indonesia looks reluctant to fulfill global commitment on poverty alleviation,theMillenniumDevelopmentGoals.IndonesiaputtheambitiousagendaonMasterplan of Economic Development as the priority, which does not integrate with Road Map to Accelerate AchievementofMDGsinIndonesia.Therefore,itisnotsurprisedthathardforIndonesiatoachieve

the whole targets in MDGs. Moreover, according to Human Development Report 2011 launched today,HumanDevelopmentIndexofIndonesiaisdeclineddrasticallyfrom109thrank(positionin 2010)to124thrank(positionin2011). OnthisG20Forum,PresidentSoesiloBambangYudhoyonowilldeliveraspeechondevelopmentin developingcountriesandpromotePNPM(NationalProgramonCommunityEmpowerment)asthe best practice for development of developing countries. For us, that is very ironic. According to critical study on PNPM, so many problems are found on PNPM. PNPM is a poverty alleviation programusingdebtasoneofthemainfinancialsources.Severalstudiesconductedbycivilsociety showed that most of financing for PNPM, especially PNPM for Village, used for infrastructure development, such as village road and irrigation, and very minimum on people empowerment. PNPMalsocreatednewinstitutions,forinstanceWomensSavingandCreditInstitution,whenthe peopleactuallyhashadandbuilttheirowninstitution.Theconstructionofthisnewinstitutionhas destroyedtheexistinginstitutionsthathaveestablishedbefore.PNPMalsocreatesconflictamong people because the programs are not directly on target. The main cause is most of program receiversarenotpoorpeoplebutvillageelitepeople. ThefactisPNPMisnotsignificanceforvillagedevelopmentinIndonesia.Moreover,itbecomesnew burdenduetodebtthatshouldbepaidbyIndonesianpeople.PNPMisalsoadevelopmentmodel that not coming from peoples initiative but from donors initiative, which is the World Bank. Planning of PNPM does not integrate with the existing national development planning, which is Musrenbang,butitdevelopeditsownplanningsystem. In corruption eradication, the result is more astonishing. Today, media served various news on political corruption on three pillars of government: executive, legislative, and judicative. Many corruptionrankinstitutionputIndonesiaasthechampionincorruption. AnotherthingthatshouldbefightingofonG20diplomacyistheabolitionofdeathpenaltyfacedby IndonesianmigrantworkersinSaudiArabiaandChina.SaudiArabiaandChinaaretwomembersof G20 and many Indonesian migrant workers facing deathpenalty in those countries. Why should weputdeathpenaltyproblemonG20Forum?Fortheinformation,ontheG20meetinginFrancein theendofJuly2011,FranceastheChairofG20officiallystatedprotesttoSaudiArabiaonRuyati execution. From this, it is clear that actually France leadership could be used by Indonesia to releaseIndonesianmigrantworkerswhofaceddeathpenalty.

According to those situations, Civil Society Coalition for Economic Justice stated that President SoesiloBambangYudhoyonopresenceonG20ForumwouldbeinvainifIndonesiacouldnotfight forIndonesianinterestitselfanddevelopingcountriesonG20Forum.BeingamemberonG20only causednewproblemanddisasterforIndonesianpeopleifthegovernmentpersistentlyusingglobal economicagendathathasfailedtogivepeoplewelfare. Jakarta,2November2011 CIVILSOCIETYCOALITIONFORECONOMICJUSTICE INFIDKoalisiPerempuanIndonesiaKAPALPerempuan MigrantCAREICWKruHAYAKKUMELSAM