Regarding climate change and global warming, as a member of Parliament I think there is a need to discuss that. Not only the government executive branch but also the legislative branch in every country informs the public policy involved in the legislative process.
Many things have to be discussed about problems of climate change and global warming. With the global financial crisis, we have to discuss the bailout, credit, and many other things. So we'd like to know about your legislative process here and how to handle so many issues.
Indonesia, China, and India still have positive growth now, but next year it could be negative growth. This means the unemployment rate will increase, along with poverty. The problem of what they call millenium development goals now is very difficult to realize in Indonesia, because there are so many problems with the impact of the crisis.
The Indonesian position about global warming is to fully support.... At the Bali conference last year, the Indonesian government and also the legislative branch fully supported....
In Parliament, I, as a member of the international legislators forum and the commissioner of the land use and ecosystem commission, from time to time took initiatives to promote a green legislation program in the parliamentary legislative program and priorities. We have taken initiatives to produce what they call the anti-illegal-logging bill. It is still being discussed in Parliament. We're still discussing an agriculture bill. We're also discussing the conservation of land and water. It's very important for us.
According to many, the degradation of Indonesia is occurring very, very fast. On the other hand, rehabilitation is very slow. We have a big problem with illegal logging in Indonesia and also illegal fishing.
If it is only the task of the executive branch of government, it is very difficult. We have more than 17,000 islands. You put the map of Indonesia with Europe and other countries, it will go maybe from Moscow to London. We would like to ask you how to handle democracy in such a big country.
It was very difficult in our last election, where we had a big logistical problem. From one island to another island, it's very difficult to know the decision of every voter on so many small islands. There are many languages as well. We hope that after the presidential election next year the climate will be better.
That is why I ask you to discuss human rights and anti-terrorism. We have ratified all international conventions on anti-terrorism.