Defence Cooperation Agreement Between Indonesia-Singapura. Is It Fair?

Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) have signed by Indonesia and singapura at Tampaksiring President Palace, April 2007. Its a long strugle. Our effort to catch coruptor who run to Singapura is barried by no extradition agreement between Indonesia-Singapura.

Its crucial, many coruptor of bilion rupiahs, is safe by stay at Singapore. Singapura take advantage from their capital that move form Indoneia to Singapura. They always full of capital. Many effort to discuss it is done. But Singapura with strong economic, confidence to avoid discuss that isue.

But, we have truf card, by stopping sand export form Riau to Singapura, Singapura affraid. Singapura need sand, stone, granite, for build many building, to expand their coastal by reclamation. By the year coastal large is bigger and bigger. Indonesia make this condition to push Singapura to discuss about extradition. But we all know, that agreement is certainly controversial.

Many says, this agreement is not fair for Indonesia, and only Singapura will get advantage.

The House of Representative of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR) earlier have declare will not signed or ratificated that agreemnet. So our senat (DPD) reject to. DPD argue, as this agreement, that make Batam, Riau Archipelago, as training area of Singapore Army, is tend to violate our soveregnity.

By signed this agrement, Indonesian Goverment is accused to sell the territory of Indonesia to neighbour, moreover, the third country, America should be.

Indonesia have to give a space area (called Alfa 1, Alfa 2, Bravo area) for Singapura army to held military training, this the hole for dangerous for our national scurity. Its more dangerous if Singapura join with third country, suh us America. With high technology, America can collect any information more close about our military power. And the important is, it is not good idea allowing foreign military power infiltrating us, by make our space for their training.

So, I think we must reject that agreement.

I interest with Amin Rais who say that Singapore have along time ago want to 'occupied' Indonesia. In many foreign policy, they always proud with technology, capital, skilled human resoursces, and international market. But Indonesia have to give space , natural resources, cheap labour. Its an insulting. Amin said more, we accept DCA if we allowed by them to held military training at hearth of Singapore, Orchad Road.

I think America have play a game in this case. By the hand Singapura, America try to entrance Indonesia territory by legal.

As Samuel Hutington tell in "Class of Civilization", though its still debatable, after the collapse of comunist country, the Soviet Union, Islam replaces Communism vis a vis West in conflict. Indonesia that have a moslem majority have a chance become future important enemy for America.

So, for DPR must listen and take a national scurity higher than their interest. Because its abut the life of 200 milion people of the Republic of Indonesia. We want our money back, but we dont want our scurity is infiltrated by foreign power. We are an indpendence country. Dont let other country hit aour sovereignity.