Tuesday, 13 June 2023

KADIN sebut bambu punya nilai tinggi untuk keberlanjutan

KADIN sebut bambu punya nilai tinggi untuk keberlanjutan

KADIN sebut bambu punya nilai tinggi untuk keberlanjutan




Kepala Badan Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Kerakyatan Kamar Dagang dan Industri Indonesia (KADIN) Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro saat ditemui di Jakarta, Senin (12/6/2023) (ANTARA/Suci Nurhaliza)






Kepala Badan Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Kerakyatan Kamar Dagang dan Industri Indonesia (KADIN) Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro mengatakan, bambu mempunyai nilai tinggi untuk sustainability (keberlanjutan) ekonomi, sosial, dan lingkungan, sehingga perlu didorong pemanfaatannya secara optimal.







"Mengapa KADIN ingin mengangkat bambu, karena punya nilai tinggi dalam sustainability," kata Bambang dalam sebuah acara di Jakarta, Senin.


Bambu dapat dijadikan berbagai macam produk kebutuhan masyarakat mulai dari furnitur, sepeda, bahan bangunan, dan sumber energi berupa biomassa.


Melihat banyaknya produk yang bisa dihasilkan dari bambu, Bambang pun menilai bambu merupakan komoditas yang cocok untuk mendorong keberlanjutan karena memiliki skema yang bersifat sirkular.


Ia mengatakan bahwa ketika menggunakan bambu untuk menciptakan produk-produk tersebut, tidak ada sisa sampah yang dapat menyebabkan kerusakan lingkungan.


"Kelebihan bambu ini bisa memenuhi konsep sirkularitas karena zero waste, artinya semua bagian dari bambu itu bisa dipakai," ujar Bambang.


Di samping itu, bambu juga dapat menjadi modal bagi Indonesia untuk eksis di kancah global ketika bicara soal keberlanjutan. Apalagi, Indonesia memiliki keragaman produk bambu yang tinggi, yakni 162 dari 1.439 jenis bambu yang ada di dunia.


"Karena bisa menjadi berbagai produk tadi, bambu bisa jadi salah satu jualan Indonesia ke global," katanya.








Hal yang tidak kalah penting, bambu merupakan tanaman yang murah dan mudah dikelola oleh masyarakat, yang pada akhirnya dapat membangkitkan ekonomi lokal.


"Upaya untuk menumbuhkan, merawat, dan akhirnya berbisnis menggunakan bambu bisa dilakukan oleh level rumah tangga atau masyarakat sekitar," kata dia.


Untuk itu, Bambang pun mengatakan pihaknya sangat mendorong pemberdayaan industri bambu di Indonesia.


"Jadi intinya kita ingin memanfaatkan bambu sebagai upaya untuk menciptakan keseimbangan antara keberlanjutan secara ekonomi, secara sosial karena melibatkan masyarakat, dan keberlanjutan secara lingkungan. Jadi bambu itu punya kelebihan. Tiga jenis ini bisa dilakukan bersama secara serentak," kata Bambang.



Pengembangan Bambu Berkelanjutan



Terdapat 176 spesies bambu di Indonesia dari total 1620 jenis bambu yang ada di dunia yang berasal dari 80 negara. Hal ini berarti 10% jenis bambu di dunia berada di Indonesia. Bahkan sekitar 105 jenis bambu yang ada di Indonesia merupakan tanaman endemik. Di antara bambu yang tumbuh di Indonesia, 50% nya merupakan bambu endemik dan setengah dari jumlah tersebut telah dimanfaatkan oleh masyarakat.


“Karena itu Pemerintah menganggap bahwa bambu sangat penting untuk dikembangkan ke arah ekonomi kerakyatan dengan sentuhan teknologi agar nilai tambah bambu semakin baik,” kata Deputi Pangan dan Agribisnis Musdhalifah Machmud dalam focus group discussion Strategi Nasional Pengembangan Bambu Terintegrasi, secara virtual.


Bambu bermanfaat bagi ekonomi, konservasi, dan kebudayaan. Indonesia diperkirakan memiliki 1 juta hektar lebih tanaman bambu, namun, hanya 25.000 hektar yang telah dikelola dalam bentuk hutan/kebun bambu. Sementara sisanya tumbuh secara sporadis. Di Indonesia, bambu memiliki potensi yang sangat menjanjikan untuk dimanfaatkan dengan baik. Tumbuhan ini pun mudah dikembangkan dan mempunyai daur hidup yang relatif cepat dengan waktu panen hanya 3 – 4 tahun.


Selanjutnya, Musdhalifah mengatakan bahwa bambu merupakan tumbuhan yang diharapkan dapat dijadikan sebagai substitusi bahan baku kayu komersial karena kayu komersial semakin tahun produksinya makin menurun dan harganya yang relatif mahal. Sedangkan bambu memiliki keunggulan tersendiri dibanding kayu karena bambu mudah dikembangkan dibanding kayu, ulet, elastisitas yang tinggi, mudah dibentuk dan harganya relatif murah dibanding kayu.







Pada kesempatan hari ini, Menteri Koordinator Bidang Perekonomian Airlangga Hartarto yang diwakili oleh Musdhalifah meminta agar perkebunan bambu dan industri bambu dapat didorong untuk dikembangkan serta disinergikan dengan program kementerian atau lembaga lainnya untuk membentuk model pengelolaan dan pemanfaatan bambu berbasis industri rakyat terpadu.


Program ini diharapkan juga dapat menjadi satu sistem agribisnis bambu berbasis kerakyatan yang mencakup subsistem saprodi, subsistem pasca panen/pengolahan, subsistem pemasaran, dan subsistem kelembagaan/ jasa pendukung yang mencakup pembiayaan, litbang, dan lain-lain.


“Kita kenal Saung Udjo dengan angklungnya yang sudah mendunia, ada juga kerajinan gitar dari bambu yang sudah menembus pasar Eropa. Selain itu ada gerakan 1000 desa bambu yang diinisiasi oleh Yayasan Bambu Lestari, The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) dan Badan Litbang dan Inovasi Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (KLHK). Dengan potensi yang besar dari bambu tersebut, jika tidak tergarap dengan baik, maka potensi hanya akan sekedar potensi saja,” tutur Musdhalifah.


Bambu merupakan tanaman yang sekali ditanam yang dapat dipanen seumur hidup karena bertunas terus-menerus. Dalam kesempatan tersebut, Musdhalifah mengharapkan KLHK dapat memprogramkan pengembangan bambu dalam kawasan hutan dalam Perhutanan Sosial untuk daerah-daerah rawan longsor dan banjir di Daerah Aliran Sungai (DAS) dan mengonservasi lahan kritis. Industri bambu yang berkembang pesat bahkan beroientasi ekspor perlu dukungan perkebunan bambu agar dapat berkelanjutan.


Kelembagaan, budaya lokal, konservasi lingkungan, dan pemberdayaan masyarakat menjadi bagian penting untuk mewujudkan hal tersebut.


“Ayo kita bersinergi agar bambu mampu memberikan manfaat ekonomi secara luas dalam menyongsong kebangkitan bambu Indonesia. Korporasi petani memerlukan komitmen dari semua pihak terkait. Perlu sinergi dan kolaborasi Pemerintah, swasta dan petani itu sendiri untuk memajukan sektor pertanian/perkebunan khususnya bambu dalam memberikan kontribusi pada perekonomian masyarakat dan negara.


Serumpun bambu, sejuta makna, sejuta manfaat, sejuta karya, sejuta pesona, yang akan mengguncang dunia,” pungkas Musdhalifah.


FGD tersebut dihadiri juga oleh Bappenas, Kementerian Luar Negeri, Kementerian Perdagangan, Kementerian Perindustrian, Kementerian Desa, Kementerian Dalam Negeri dan lainnya.


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Kembangkan Green Business, Kadin Promosikan Bambu dan Rempah



Dalam rangka turut mengembangkan perekonomian daerah, termasuk mengembangkan produk pertanian yang inovatif, Kadin Indonesia Bidang Pengembangan Ekonomi Daerah, menjajaki peluang bisnis tanaman bambu serta tanaman rempah-rempah.


Wakil Ketua Umum Kadin Indonesia Bidang Perdagangan Juan P. Adoe bersama Ketua Yayasan Bambu Lestari Monica Tanuhandaru dan Wakil Ketua Umum Kadin Indonesia Bidang Pengembangan Ekonomi Daerah Mulyadi Jayabaya menandatangani Letter of Intent mengenai kerjasama promosi dan bisnis tanaman bambu sebagai bahan alternatif berkelanjutan (16/5/2023).


Mulyadi Jayabaya megatakan, Program Budidaya dan Ekspor Pertanian merupakan salah satu program prioritas bidang Pengembangan Ekonomi Daerah dengan visi “Menetapkan produk unggulan tertentu yang bisa dibudidaya dan diekspor secara berkesinambungan”.


Monica Tanuhandaru memaparkan bahwa Yayasan Bambu Lestari, merupakan organisasi non profit, yang mempromosikan bambu sebagai alternatif berkelanjutan untuk kayu, di tengah meningkatnya kekhawatiran atas berkurangnya sumber daya hutan tropis dunia. Yayasan ini juga mengajarkan cara menandai bambu, membibit, menyemai, menanam dan menebang lestari. Bambu yang ditebang berumur 3-4 tahun, setelah ditebang kembali ditimbun agar tumbuh lagi.


Menurut Monica, bambu sebagai tanaman endemik Indonesia, bisa menggantikan kayu, besi, dan beton untuk infrastruktur. Selain ramah lingkungan, bambu juga merupakan bagian budaya dan sejarah bangsa, juga berfungsi merestorasi lahan kritis. Satu rumpun menyimpan 3-5 ribu liter air dalam satu musim penghujan.


Acara penandatanganan juga dihadiri oleh Anggota Badan Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Kerakyatan Kadin Indonesia Jaya Wahono, Wakil Ketua Komite Tetap Pengembangan Citra, untuk Indonesia Herbs & Spices Expo Conference (IHSEC) Audist Subekti, dan Cendekia Synergy untuk Indonesia Essential Oil, Seasoning, Spices Market & Expo 2023, Emilya Rosa.

























Russian and Indonesian Officials Redecorate Surabaya Submarine Memorial, Hail Bilateral Ties

Russian and Indonesian Officials Redecorate Surabaya Submarine Memorial, Hail Bilateral Ties

Russian and Indonesian Officials Redecorate Surabaya Submarine Memorial, Hail Bilateral Ties




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A commemorative plaque was placed on a Soviet-made Pasopati Submarine in Indonesia’s East Java province today during a ceremony attended by Moscow’s and Jakarta’s military top brass alongside Russian diplomats.







Monday's ceremony in Surabaya started with the sounds of the Indonesian and Russian anthems. In attendance were the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy Admiral Muhammad Ali, Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Lyudmila Vorobieva and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Igor Mukhametshin.


They gathered around the “S-79 Pasopati” – a Soviet-made submarine, which now serves as a memorial for Indonesia’s struggle for independence, to install a commemorative plaque that reads in three languages – Russian, English and Indonesian: “In the memory of the friendly Indonesian-Russian relations in the struggle for territorial integrity of the Republic of Indonesia.”





“Pasopati” was one of 12 naval vessels gifted by the USSR to Indonesia in 1962 as the nation was struggling to get rid of the Dutch colonial rule and fighting against extremist and separatist groups in various regions. The vessel was used by the Indonesian Navy to transport arms and marines to the West Irian province in 1962. The sub was taken apart in 1994 and re-assembled as a memorial near a central mall in Java’s Surabaya.


A ceremony of unveiling the commemorative plaque at the Pasopati Submarine Monument in Surabaya, Indonesia
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Even though the place is quite popular among locals and tourists, the Soviet origin of the sub was only briefly mentioned by tour guides, with no official signs anywhere around the location.


According to Vorobieva, the fact that the ceremony was held on June 12 is a special privilege for Moscow.


“It is significant that this happened on Russia Day and became another symbol of the strong relations, friendship and cooperation that bind our two countries,” she said. “It is very important that in the current difficult geopolitical conditions, our Indonesian friends are not trying to rewrite history, but, on the contrary, remember those events, remember how our country helped Indonesia to ensure independence, gain territorial integrity, and establish Indonesian statehood.”








In the 1950s and 60s, the USSR provided Indonesia with lots of military aid, which included several naval warships, oil tankers, fighter and bomber planes, and helped the nation in its struggle for independence from the Dutch colonizers, as well as in its fight against separatists and extremist groups in the regions such as Sulawesi and Sumatra.





Despite pressure from the West, Indonesia opted for an independent policy on the Ukrainian issue, refusing to impose economic sanctions against Moscow or to cut ties with Russia, while also objecting to the West’s attempts to exclude Russia from the G20 while Indonesia was chair in 2022.


A ceremony of unveiling the commemorative plaque at the Pasopati Submarine Monument in Surabaya, Indonesia ©Sputnik


2023 marks the 73rd anniversary of diplomatic ties between Moscow and Jakarta.


The Submarine Monument (abbreviated as Monkasel), is a submarine museum located in Pemuda Street No.39, Embong Kaliasin, Genteng, Surabaya. Located in the city center, this monument used to beIndonesian Navy’s KRI Pasopati 410 Submarine, part the Republic of Indonesia Naval fleet, which wasbuilt by the Soviet Union in 1952.



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Monday, 12 June 2023

'Cynical' Ukrainian Counteroffensive Takes 'Horrific' Casualties

'Cynical' Ukrainian Counteroffensive Takes 'Horrific' Casualties

Cynical' Ukrainian Counteroffensive Takes 'Horrific' Casualties




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Ukraine's much-hyped counteroffensive has proven a costly debacle so far. But international relations and security analyst Mark Sleboda warned that Kiev and its NATO backers may still have some tricks up their sleeves.







The Kiev regime appears to be cynically throwing men and machines against solid Russian defenses — but all mat not be as it seems, a military commentator says.


One week into the Ukrainian counteroffensive and the Ukrainian army has already lost thousands of casualties, along with up to 15 of the vaunted German Leopard 2 tanks, 13 M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) supplied by the US and five of the French AMX-10 RC light tanks.


Security Analyst Mark Sleboda told Sputnik that Ukraine's military chiefs were to blame for sending their troops into the killing fields.


"Currently there is fighting along pretty much every line of engagement between Russia and Ukraine right now, except for the Kherson area where the recent flooding has made combat impossible," Sleboda noted.


He said the Kiev regime was sending troops forward in NATO-supplied IFVs and armoured personnel carriers (APCs), supported by tanks and artillery — including US-made HIMARS rocket launchers.


"But they're doing it into echelon to Russian defenses that have been formed over months," Sleboda stressed. "Five layers of defense, trenches, concrete fortifications, pillboxes, bunkers, tank obstacles like dragon's teeth."


But he said that most significant was that Russian forces had "created mazes of minefields" which have taken a significant toll on attacking Ukrainian vehicles.


"it sounds rather cynical, but right now the strategy that the Kiev regime appears to be using to clear the minefields is over the vehicles and bodies of its territorial defense units," Sleboda said. "And the horrific casualties that are resulting from this are pretty high."








He said the Ukrainian plan right now appeared to be based on "hoping to punch a hole in the line somewhere."


"And then presumably a very large reserve force, supported by a the majority of the western main battle tanks, will seek to exploit that," Sleboda ventured. "But then even so, to make it even through one line of defense and to face several lines more, each actually progressively more significant than the others, It seems a very bad situation."


But the security expert warned against complacency on the Russian side, saying he expected "something more cunning" from the Ukrainian armed forces.


"Once the waters recede from the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, I expect some kind of multiple pronged attack, including amphibious assaults against a lower Kakhovka reservoir towards Energodar and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant," he said. "But I would presume that Russia is also prepared to defend that there as well."


"NATO has been wargaming this out for half a year. This is the most hyped, announced offensive in world history," Sleboda stressed. "I'm expecting that there has to be a curveball. It can't be this straight up playing exactly into Russia's defenses. There's going to be something. We just haven't seen it yet."



Russian Army Launches Counteroffensive Near Vremovka Ledge - Official



Russian armed forces have launched a counteroffensive to push back Ukrainian army near the Vremovka ledge in the Zaporozhye direction, Vladimir Rogov, a senior official of the Russian-appointed Zaporozhye regional administration, said on Monday.


Earlier in the day, Rogov said heavy fighting was going on in the area, while Ukrainian forces managed to capture the settlements of Neskuchnoye and Makarovka.


"Currently, a counterattack has been launched by our guys – the 127th division is going into battle, going forward. At the same time, massive support is being provided by the Russian aerospace forces," he told the Russian Komsomolskaya Pravda broadcaster.







Rogov said that the objective of the counterattack is to drive Ukrainians out of the captured villages, adding that Russian artillery is "giving hell" there.


The Ukrainian government has been planning a major counteroffensive against Russia forces for several months. Ukrainian and Western military experts have repeatedly named the Zaporozhye Region as one of Kiev's main targets, as it would open the access to the Azov Sea and cut off the land corridor to Crimea.



Ukraine Loses 250 Military in Zaporozhye, South Donetsk Directions in Past Day



Ukraine has lost up to 250 military in the Zaporozhye and South Donetsk directions over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.


Over the past day, the Ukrainian armed forces continued to attempt offensive operations in the South Donetsk direction.


In the area of the Vremovka ledge, the Vostok group of the Russian armed forces repelled three enemy attacks from the direction of the Donetsk People's Republic and in the Zaporozhye region.


"Over the past day, up to 250 Ukrainian military, five tanks, seven armored combat vehicles, two cars, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in [the Zaporozhye direction]," the ministry said in a statement, adding that Ukraine lose over 120 military in South Donetsk direction. The Russian military also repelled two attacks of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, the statement said, noting that Kiev lost up to 140 military in the direction over the past day.


The ministry also reported that the Russian armed forces launched a missile attack with sea-based high-precision long-range weapons, targeting places of deployment of reserves of Ukrainian troops.


"[On Sunday night], the Russian armed forces launched a sea-based high-precision long-range weapon at the places of deployment of the Ukrainian armed forces' reserves. The designated objects were hit. The goal of the strike was achieved," the ministry said in a statement.



Special operation, 10 June. Main:



▪️Shoigu signed an order that defines the procedure for organizing the service activities of volunteer formations to increase their effectiveness as part of the Joint Group of Forces, said Pankov, deputy head of the Ministry of Defense;


▪️The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Ukrainian troops continued unsuccessful attempts of offensive operations in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions and in the Artemovsk region throughout the day;


Artillery from Group South hit several field barracks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Donetsk



▪️The department added that Kyiv lost up to 230 militants in the Zaporozhye and Yuzhnodonets directions in a day; in Kupian - up to 65, in Krasnoliman - more than 60, in Kherson - up to 40;


▪️The actions of four Ukrainian DRGs were suppressed in the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Defense Ministry noted;


▪️The defense department clarified that the Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 in the DPR, 2 Storm Shadow cruise missiles and 10 HIMARS MLRS shells;


▪️Artillerymen of the Russian Federation destroyed 2 self-propelled Gvozdikas, 4 ammunition transport vehicles, a D-30 howitzer and 2 mortar positions of Ukrainian troops in the Krasnolymansk direction, Savchuk, the head of the press center of the Center group, told RIA Novosti;



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▪️Strikes, presumably, by Storm Shadow missiles, were carried out by Ukrainian troops at temporary accommodation points on the Arabat Spit, a woman died, Acting Governor of the Saldo region said.



Special operation, 11 June. Main:



▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack the Russian ship Priazovye with drone boats, which controlled the security of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the Black Sea, all 6 boats were destroyed, the RF Ministry of Defense reported


▪️As a result of negotiations, 94 Russian servicemen were returned from Ukrainian captivity, the military department said


▪️According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 360 military personnel during attempts to attack in the South Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions


▪️There are no agreements and prerequisites for negotiations between the Russian Federation and Kiev, Russia does not even see a flimsy foundation for building a dialogue, Peskov said.























Former AC Milan boss and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Dies Age 86 in Hospital in Milan

Former AC Milan boss and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Dies Age 86 in Hospital in Milan

Former AC Milan boss and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Dies Age 86 in Hospital in Milan




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In early April, Berlusconi was treated for a lung infection, which was reportedly linked to a previously undisclosed case of chronic leukemia.







Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, who was hospitalized in Milan's San Raffaele hospital for scheduled follow-up tests for a blood condition last week, has died aged 86, an Italian newspaper reported on Monday.



Health Problems



Berlusconi was rushed to hospital on Friday afternoon, just three weeks after leaving the clinic. The re-hospitalization of the veteran of Italian politics understandably alarmed many supporters and political allies of the ex-prime minister, according to media reports.


However, the ex-PM’s attending physicians said that the new hospitalization was due to the need to "carry out planned control studies in connection with a known hematological pathology."


The bulletin, which was released on Friday by the former prime minister's personal physician Alberto Zangrillo and hematologist Fabio Ciceri, reportedly noted that their patient's condition was stable.


This was preceded by Berlusconi being admitted to the San Raffaele hospital on April 5. Italian media reported at the time that he was being hospitalized due to breathing problems, but later on, the ex-PM's attending physicians reported for the first time that he was suffering from chronic leukemia. He received chemotherapy at the clinic and was discharged on May 19.



Quick Look at Biography

Berlusconi was born on September 29, 1936 in Milan, Italy. After graduating from the University of Milan with a degree in law in 1961, he decided to kick off a business career in construction. As a real-estate developer, he obtained a massive fortune by the 1970s.


The future media mogul created the cable television firm Telemilano in 1974 and six years later, he established Canale 5, Italy’s first commercial television network.


By the late 1980s, Berlusconi-created TV stations dominated Italian airwaves. Separately, he diversified his business holdings as he acquired department stores, movie theatres, publishing houses, and the AC Milan football team. He strengthened his empire under the auspices of the Fininvest holding company, a huge conglomerate controlling more than 150 businesses.









Political Career, Sex Scandals



The billionaire media tycoon first came to office in 1994 and was at the helm of four of the country’s governments between then and 2011.


Berlusconi led the center-right Forza Italia party which went into coalition under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after elections in September 2022, when he was elected to the Senate, Italy's upper house.


The media mogul's political career saw him being convicted of tax fraud in late 2012, for which he served a year-long sentence doing part-time community service at a residential home in Milan. His ban on running for office was scrapped in time for the Italian general elections in 2018, when Forza Italia ran in coalition with the League and Brothers of Italy. At the end of the day, Forza Italia fell short of the 40% required to become the ruling party.


Apart from tax scheme-related scandals, Berlusconi was involved in trials over his sexual escapades. He was once convicted, but later cleared of charges of having sex with an underage nightclub dancer during one of his so-called “bunga bunga” parties. Berlusconi was married twice and he is survived by his five children.


Beppe Severgnini, a columnist and author of a book on Berlusconi, described the politician as a “protopopulist” whose success had paved the way for leaders like Hungary’s Viktor Orban, Britain’s Boris Johnson and former US President Donald Trump.


“Berlusconi was actually less arrogant and less obnoxious than most but nonetheless he started it all,” Severgnini said.


“The legacy of Berlusconi was he could read the weaknesses and temptations of a nation. That’s what he really is a master of. He absolved us of all our sins, we were acquitted even before we committed those sins, and he was not a leader, he was a follower in a way, he followed the ‘pancia’ – the guts of Italy.”


A state funeral will be held Wednesday, according to the state-owned public broadcaster RAI, citing the president of the Senate.









Property developer to political power



Born in Milan in 1936, Berlusconi was first to make his name as a business tycoon, at one point becoming the richest man in Italy.


He gave notice early of his showman side by working as a lounge-room crooner aboard a cruise ship to help attend university, where he studied law.


Various low-level commercial enterprises followed before the fledgling entrepreneur enjoyed his first real success in property development in the late 1960s when he was involved in a project to build Milano Two – nearly 4,000 flats – outside Milan.


After amassing a fortune from his property portfolio in the 1970s, he diversified his interests by setting up a TV cable company, Telemilano, and buying two other cable channels in an effort to break the national TV monopoly in Italy. In 1978, these channels were incorporated into his newly formed Fininvest group, which included department stores, insurance companies and even AC Milan – one of the world’s biggest football clubs, which he owned for 31 years. 


Berlusconi turned his attention to politics in 1993 when he formed the center-right Forza Italia Party, named for “Forza, Italia!” (Go, Italy!), a chant heard at Italian national soccer team games. 


The following year, in a snap election, he became prime minister. However, a dispute with his right-wing coalition partners from the Northern League Party, as well as an indictment for alleged tax fraud, ended Berlusconi’s tenure in the job after barely seven months. He was acquitted on appeal in 2000 after the statute of limitations had expired.


After defeat in the 1996 election to his political nemesis, Romano Prodi, he became embroiled in other financial scandals, including a charge of bribing tax inspectors. He denied any wrongdoing and was cleared again on appeal in 2000.


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His fortunes turned again in 2001 when he was sworn in as prime minister for a second time. But Prodi – a former European Commission president – ended Berlusconi’s more successful reign with his center-left Union coalition victory in 2006. At that time, the tycoon had presided over the longest-serving post-war Italian government.


Despite having a pacemaker implanted to regulate his heartbeat after he collapsed during a political rally, he refused to slow down. Sporting a hair transplant, cosmetic surgery and a tan, Berlusconi returned to power for a third time in 2008 under the banner of the newly created People of Freedom party, which he left in 2013 when he created his Forza Italia party.


Ebbing authority The next year proved to be one of extremes for the veteran politician. He was praised for his handling of the devastating earthquake that struck the Italian town of L’Aquila in April 2009, and survived criticism after urging survivors to see their plight like “a weekend of camping.”


But the following month, Berlusconi’s second wife, Veronica Lario, filed for divorce – alleging her then 73-year-old husband had an inappropriate relationship with an 18-year-old aspiring model whose birthday party he had attended. Berlusconi said she was the daughter of a friend and that he had done nothing wrong.


In December that year, a man with a history of mental illness hit Berlusconi in the face with a replica of Milan’s cathedral at a campaign rally, breaking several of his teeth and fracturing his nose. Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that the irrepressible Berlusconi continued to shake hands with supporters for “a couple of minutes” after being hit.























Ada seni jalanan interaktif di Solo tiap akhir pekan. Mau coba?

Ada seni jalanan interaktif di Solo tiap akhir pekan. Mau coba?

Ada seni jalanan interaktif di Solo tiap akhir pekan. Mau coba?










Usai direvitalisasi, kawasan koridor Gatot Subroto di Solo Jawa Tengah kini menjadi pusat kesenian dan hiburan pada setiap Sabtu malam. Ribuan pengunjung berdatangan menyaksikan aneka pertunjukan seni serta workshop sejumlah kesenian dan kerajinan. Warga yang datang juga dipersilakan untuk berinteraksi dan mencoba membuat karya tersebut.







Koridor Gatot Subroto atau lebih dikenal Gatsu, makin memantapkan sebagai areal seni jalanan yang keren dan menarik.


Terlebih bila malam minggu, puluhan seniman menampilkan karya-karya mereka yang berbaur dengan anak muda yang mengunjungi koridor Gatsu.


Tak hanya menampilkan lukisan-lukisan yang ada di pintu-pintu toko, namun seniman-seniman lukis dan musik juga melibatkan diri sepanjang malam.


Hasil karya seniman itu, justru menjadi incaran pelaku media sosial karena sangat instagramable. Warna-warna cat yang ditorehkan dengan berbagai figur dan gambar, menjadikan setiap gambar yang diabadikan terkesan estetik.


Yang menarik, warga yang mengunjungi areal tersebut, juga bisa menyaksikan para kreator menuangkan kreasinya masing-masing. Mulai dari seni lukis, teater, musik dan puisi dengan desain panggung teatrikal yang menarik.


Sekelompok komunitas budaya, juga menampilkan monolog dan pembacaan puisi. Di sudut lain juga ada sekelompok komunitas yang sedang perform musik untuk sebuah ajang donasi.


Seperti yang diperlihatkan komunitas penyayang kucing yang sedang ‘ngamen’ di Street Art week’. Mereka yang memiliki kepedulian luar biasa pada hewan kucing, berinisiatif mengumpulkan dana untuk dibelanjakan pakan kucing yang terdampak banjir Solo belum lama ini.








Melalui kegiatan seni, mereka berempati terhadap kucing tak bertuan atau kucing jalanan yang sering kelaparan dan sakit.


Warga yang sengaja menikmati aktivitas seni, juga bisa terlibat pada workshop yang digelar para kreator seni.




Goresan cat di atas kertas atau kanvas menjadi pilihan yang menarik bagi pengunjung. Terlebih ketika memperhatikan seni sketsa yang menampilkan sketsa-sketsa wajah yang karyanya nyaris sempurna.


Gemerlap lampu-lampu kecil yang menyorot dari kanopi-kanopi indah, makin membuat Koridor Gatsu semakin hidup.


Bangku-bangku penonton pertunjukan seni yang terbuat dari keranjang atau bronjong, merupakan ide unik yang natural dan berkesan tradisional.


Malam terus merambah, namun Koridor Gatsu malah semakin ramai pengunjung, baik anak muda maupun keluarga. Koridor itu malah berubah seperti galeri seni mural yang panjang dan hidup.


Pengunjung tidak hanya dibiarkan sebagai penonton, tapi diajak untuk ikut berpartisipasi dalam membuat berbagai karya-karya seni. Hal ini memberikan pengalaman tak terduga dan sangat berkesan bagi siapa saja yang berkunjung.


Ajak yuk semua teman dekat dan keluargamu untuk berkunjung ke Koridor Gatsu Solo.