Migrant workers and the sacredness of life
While the Australian government did everything it could to save its cows from cruel treatment beyond its borders, the Indonesian government did nothing to salvage the life of one of its citizens who contributed to the country’s foreign exchange reserves.
Ruyati, a migrant worker from Bekasi, West Java, was beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Saturday just a few days after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono spoke before an International Labor Organization (ILO) forum in Geneva, Switzerland, on his administration’s efforts to protect Indonesian migrant workers.
More surprisingly, the Foreign Ministry claimed to know nothing about the planned execution, “The Saudi government did not notify the Indonesian government about the execution” Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said.
Perhaps the Saudis broke the international law, but the minister’s statement reflects the state’s irresponsibility, insensitivity and incompetence.
The question is why did the ministry wait for the Saudi government to notify it about the execution, which came at the end of a protracted legal process?
Why didn’t Indonesian representatives take the initiative to learn about the situation so that they could fulfill the call of humanity that is at the center of the Constitution’s mandate to protect life inside and outside Indonesia?
Perhaps there is no such of call that rings in the heart of Indonesian leaders and officials. They are preoccupied by greed, selfishness and the pursuit of material satisfaction and unable to appreciate the sacredness of life or experience the connection between human beings.
In Ruyati’s case, the insensitivity of the Indonesian elites is clearly evident.
Jumhur Hidayat, head of the National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers (BNP2TKI), for example, told the media, “Ruyati’s death sentence is more about criminal events than about labor issues.” A common citizen can understand that the incident clearly originates from an apparent labor issue: the conflict between a maid and her employer.
The daughter of Ruhati, in a TV interview told the viewers that her mother was treated so poorly that she broke her leg.
In another example of insensitivity, the ministry said that they could not return Ruhati’s body to Indonesia due to the strictness of Saudi administration.
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Indonesia lags behind its neighbor the Philippines in terms of the protection of migrant workers and the recruitment of foreign exchange heroines. If Australia, a secular nation, appreciates the sacredness of animals such as cows, why does Indonesia,
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