PM Baru Australia Kevin Rudd Ajak Berpolitik `Santun`
New Australian PM Kevin Rudd Urges `Gentler` Politics
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Sydney (B2B) - Kevin Rudd menyerukan pendekatan politik yang lebih santun setelah hari ini diangkat sumpah sebagai Perdana Menteri Australia, tiga tahun sejak terdepak dari tugas serupa oleh Julia Gillard.
Perdana menteri berusia 55 tahun itu mengarungi perjalanan kembali yang dramatis melalui pemungutan suara untuk memilih ketua Partai Buruh, Rabu, yang membuat Gillard, perdana menteri perempuan pertama di Australia, terdepak. Gillard mengumumkan mundur dari panggung politik.
Rudd memanfaatkan pidato pertama di depan parlemen sejak menduduki kekuasaan dengan memberi tahu bahwa politik kemungkinan akan brutal.
"Kehidupan politik adalah kehidupan yang sangat keras," katanya. "Kadang-kadang bisa baik tetapi lebih sering tidak."
Ia meminta anggota parlemen untuk menjadi lebih baik dan santun satu sama lain untuk pertimbangan parlemen lebih lanjut. Dia juga memuji Gillard.
"Mantan perdana menteri mengalami kemajuan penting dalam memperbaiki negara kita dan akan membantu membentuk masa depan negara," katanya seperti dilansir Yahoo.
Kebangkitan Rudd menandai perubahan kembali bagi mantan perdana menteri yang kini memimpin Partai Buruh untuk menghadapi pemilu 14 September.
Jajak pendapat memperkirakan Tony Abbot dari Partai Konservatif akan menang telak pada pemilu mendatang.
Sydney - Newly reinstated Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged a "kinder, gentler" approach to politics on Thursday as he strove to claw back ground ahead of September elections after deposing predecessor Julia Gillard in a dramatic party coup.
The 55-year-old returned to power in a snap leadership ballot on Wednesday, three years since he was himself ruthlessly ousted by Gillard, the country´s first female premier who will now retire from politics.
With his Labor party desperately fighting for electoral survival, Rudd used his first speech to parliament to acknowledge the brutal political saga.
"Political life is a very hard life, a very hard life indeed," he said after being sworn in. "Occasionally it can be kind, more often it is not."
He asked MPs to "be a little kinder and a gentler with each other in the further deliberations of this parliament" while praising Gillard, who he had earlier vowed never to challenge.
"Through the difficult years of minority government the former prime minister has achieved major reforms for our nation that will shape our country´s future," he said.
"On top of all that, I acknowledge her great work as a standard-bearer for women in our country."
Rudd´s resurrection marks a stunning turnaround for the former premier who will now lead Labor to elections scheduled for September 14, which polls had predicted Tony Abbott´s conservative opposition would win by a landslide.
