Amburadul

Transition period.

It is such a hard time.

Most of the time amburadul (me have to admit ada obsession with this term. It sounds so well-encompassed. Aku suka guna this term to translate anarchy, tapi ia bukan anarchy. Kekacauan, instability, crisis.. there is one Melayu nye term, tapi aku lupa.. arghh.. btw Amburadul ni gak is a judul of an Indonesian song by Uthe, a singer from Ambon).

Huntington dalam The Third Wave cakap masa transition dari authoritarian type of state to democratic type of state sering melalui sama ada these three types of process.

Transformation

Replacement

Transplacement

The first option, the same regime merubah diri, bukan sekadar rebrand tapi real change. Ubah dalam yang affect kepercayaan dan terpencar keluar hingga jadi amalan. Aduh dalam pengertiannya. Ni zaman Glasnost & Perestroika. Tapi kesian Gorbachev's reform lead to disintegration.

Replacement is ganti. Old regime is replaced by a new regime.  Sering guna people power. Ni macam zaman Aquino le. Regime Imelda-Ferdinand ousted by the people. Yang selalu mengeciwakan bila a new regime sama je perangai dengan old regime to such extend lagi teruk. Ni macam Mubarak-Morsi-Sisi.

Transplacement plak is a joint effort by both the government and the opposition to democratize a country. Aku rasa Mesia sedang mengalami transplacement. Tapi entah le aku sangsi. Cuma aku merasakan kalau ada pun transplacement ini, it involves another estate. The FIFTH ESTATE. Apa itu fifth estate? Social media.

*Syukur sungguh aku baru saja menemukan another term for amburadul, The term also pada aku paling teapt sebagai makna untuk crisis. I can still recall masa era reformasi yang lahir akibat Asian Financial Crisis, masa tu most journalists and scholars using the term GAWAT. Even my mom describes the era as ZAMAN GAWAT. Back then, people using term kegawatan ekonomi instead of krisis ekonomi. Obvviously now, istilah gawat makin dilupakan.

Transition in a country selalu about perubahan sebuah negara daripada autocratic state (authoritarian, totalitarian) yang boleh dikatakan sebagai legacy of primitive society (bahaya statement ni) yang berbudaya politik PAROCHIAL kepada democratic state (FREE & FAIR periodic election) yang berbudaya politik PARTICIPATORY.

Fakta, transition memang gawat, memang volatile. Aku pelik dengan manusia yang memikir bahwa transition period tenteran dan aman. Apatahlagi dengan sosok yang berpandangan sempit bahawa CHANGE IS OVERNIGHT!! Otak letak kat kepala lutut apa???

Even Russia (masa tu lepas USSR disintegrated, Russian Federation led by Boris Yeltsin) masa sedang mendemokrasi dan baru tukar sistem ekonomi yang gagal iaitu communism kepada sistem ekonomi yang memberi harapan iaitu capitalism pun masa tu ramai le rakyatnya kebulur tak makan. Ingat lagi tengok semua tu kat Dunia Jam 10. Queue gila panjang rakyatnya hanya sebab nak dapat bantuan roti. Harga diri Rouble masa tu sama macam duit daun pisang zaman Japanese occupation kat Malaya.

Alright, time to go.

A guess is visiting.