Economist Prof. Drs. M. Dawam Rahardjo assesses that it is urgent for Indonesia to conduct restoration movement in all areas. This is based on the viewpoint that this nation has been experiencing de-industrialization symptoms which is marked by mass unemployment, crisis of leadership, and political instability caused by conflict between political parties.
The Former Director of the Institute for Research, Education and Economic and Social Information (LP3ES), suggests that the current development is currently dominated by foreign companies. Therefore, efforts to break out from the financial dependence of foreign capital are necessary by collecting funds from the domestic private sector, state enterprises and cooperatives. "We need economic nationalism to liberate ourselves from the imperialism economy due to neoliberal economic and globalization. Only with the restoration we will achieve the resurgence of nationalism," said the alumnus of the UGM Faculty of Economics in the discussion the National Economic Revival at Wisma Kagama, Friday (27/5). This activity was organized by the Alumni Association of Gadjah Mada University (Kagama) and was hosted by Prof. Dr. Sutaryo, Sp.A (K).
According to Dawam, the form of restoration movement to be made can imitate the Meiji Restoration in Japan. The development activities in Indonesia should be returned into the hands of the nation. This can materialize by breaking away technology dependence by conducting industrialization and modernization based on technology generated by the effort of the people of the nation itself. "Restoration that will be carried out should lead to the patterns of development which have personality and independence," he said. What is also important is to revive the populist economic development programs supported by creative economic development.
In the political field, the restoration to achieve political stability, strong state, and effective leadership in democratization is urgently needed. In relation to the number of corruption cases conducted by the members of the House of Representatives, Dawam assesses it to be the result of the unavailability of party financing law mechanism. That way, so many House of Representatives members become “the brokers” for projects to finance their party. "Almost 70 percent of House of Representatives members are entrepreneurs and artists. Many of them became the “projects brokers” to finance the party. Political parties should develop themselves as a cadre party, not a mass party, so it is filled with skillful people, not robbers," he said.