Surat untuk Presiden 2034 - Bagian 1

March, 2034.

Dear Mr. President,

It is a very great honor to be able to write to you and have my aspirations as a citizen delivered directly to the No. 1 man of this country. How are you enjoying your first weeks of leading the country, Mr. President? I hope you are receiving a lot of love and good wishes from your people. Why did I asked, you may ask me. I should be able to tell it from the news just how the new president is ruling the country, shouldn’t I? Well to be honest, I had given up on watching the news about the political issues ages ago; they cause me headache. Probably you could do something about it? And make me interested in watching the news again?

As to make this letter short—because I’m sure you have a lot of things you should do (or more letters to read)—I just wanna say, I don’t ask much from The President of the Year 2034. There are only two things I want my president to be: first, be a president who rules with conscience. Why?  Because conscience may be wrong; but it’s not hypocritical. And second, be legendary! Whatever legendary means. :)

Best wishes,

Me.

Novelist from West Sumatra.

P.S : a friend of mine ever said this, “Seorang pemimpin itu adalah pelayan. Pelayan bagi orang-orang yang dipimpinnya,” so I guess I’m sharing this with you now.