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KALLA: RI PEOPLE MUST BECOME MASTERS IN THEIR OWN LAND
Pangkalan Bun, C Kalimantan, June 17 (ANTARA) - Presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla said the Indonesian people should be masters in their own land by achieving national self-reliance.
"We want our people in the future to be masters in their own land through national self-reliance," Jusuf Kalla said in a camping dialog here on Wednesday.
Addressing thousands of people attending the dialog, Kalla said to become masters in their own land, the Indonesian people should become self-reliant in the economic and other sectors.
Central Kalimantan, he said. abounded in natural resources but their mismanagement has resulted in disasters and damage.
"We have let other people enjoy the benefits of our natural resources in an irresponsible way and we should not repeat these mistakes in the future," Kalla said.
He added that all forest and agricultural products in Central Kalimantan should truly be owned by the local people themselves.
Earlier in the day, Kalla also spoke at a campaign dialog at the Sriwijaya Sport Stadium in Palembang, South Sumatra.
On the occasion Kalla promised to encourage Village Unit Cooperatives (KUDs) and other cooperatives to help distribute subsidized fertilizer to farmers.
"We are going to revitalize KUDs and other cooperatives to help distribute subsidized fertilizer to farmers," Kalla said.
Kalla said his policy if he became president was to stop gas exports and supply the gas instead to fertilizer plants to produce more fertilizer for the farmers, and to revitalize or rejuvenate old fertilizer plants.
In the dialog attended by more than 2,000 people, Kalla said Indonesia had the capability to become a big and developed nation if it had a leader who was strong, firm, and able to act faster.
"The faster, the better. If we are able to act faster, why do we have to act slowly?", Kalla asked.
Faster, according to him, was not unnecessarily dangerous, because Indonesia's slow moving trains even experienced frequent accidents compared to fast trains in Japan but without accident.
"Better late than never is the past slogan but now we have to act faster because the faster we act the better we become," Kalla said.
"We want our people in the future to be masters in their own land through national self-reliance," Jusuf Kalla said in a camping dialog here on Wednesday.
Addressing thousands of people attending the dialog, Kalla said to become masters in their own land, the Indonesian people should become self-reliant in the economic and other sectors.
Central Kalimantan, he said. abounded in natural resources but their mismanagement has resulted in disasters and damage.
"We have let other people enjoy the benefits of our natural resources in an irresponsible way and we should not repeat these mistakes in the future," Kalla said.
He added that all forest and agricultural products in Central Kalimantan should truly be owned by the local people themselves.
Earlier in the day, Kalla also spoke at a campaign dialog at the Sriwijaya Sport Stadium in Palembang, South Sumatra.
On the occasion Kalla promised to encourage Village Unit Cooperatives (KUDs) and other cooperatives to help distribute subsidized fertilizer to farmers.
"We are going to revitalize KUDs and other cooperatives to help distribute subsidized fertilizer to farmers," Kalla said.
Kalla said his policy if he became president was to stop gas exports and supply the gas instead to fertilizer plants to produce more fertilizer for the farmers, and to revitalize or rejuvenate old fertilizer plants.
In the dialog attended by more than 2,000 people, Kalla said Indonesia had the capability to become a big and developed nation if it had a leader who was strong, firm, and able to act faster.
"The faster, the better. If we are able to act faster, why do we have to act slowly?", Kalla asked.
Faster, according to him, was not unnecessarily dangerous, because Indonesia's slow moving trains even experienced frequent accidents compared to fast trains in Japan but without accident.
"Better late than never is the past slogan but now we have to act faster because the faster we act the better we become," Kalla said.
