Bahkan kejadian Mei 1998 itu mau dianggap ga pernah terjadi.
>________________________________ > From: Sunny <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 12:37 AM >Subject: [proletar] Golkar Tells Indonesia's 1965 Massacre Survivors Forget it > > > >Ref: Beginilah NKRI! > >http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4759&Itemid=202 > >Golkar Tells Indonesia's 1965 Massacre Survivors Forget it >Written by Ezra Sihite >Friday, 24 August 2012 > >Suharto: his ghost lingers >Suharto's old party says it's best to forget about an estimated 500,000 deaths > >One month after Golkar Party deputy chairman Priyo Budi Santoso stirred >controversy by asking the nation to forget the 1965 massacre, senior party >official Leo Nababan called upon victims of the violence to stop seeking >justice. > >In July, after a four-year investigation, the National Human Rights Commission >(Komnas HAM) labeled as a serious human rights violation and a crime against >humanity the orgy of violence that shook the country in 1965 following a >failed coup attempt blamed on the communists. It is thought that up to 500,000 >people died in the purge targeting the left, sparked by an attempt to >overthrow the country’s founding President Sukarno. > >In the immediate aftermath of the coup attempt, Maj. Gen. Suharto mobilized >his force and effectively took control of the country. He eventually became >president and served for more than 30 years. > >The commission called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take over the >case and provide justice to the survivors, while demanding the attorney >general investigate the case so that it can be brought to the court. > >But Leo Nababan, Golkar’s deputy secretary general, said that as long as a >1966 decree by People’s Consultative Assembly (MPRS) banning all communist >teachings was in effect, there was no need for the state agency to follow up >Komnas HAM’s findings. > >He said many “nationalist organizations” joined together in the Front >Pancasila will reject any attempts to advance the legal case. “Front Pancasila >is ready to block efforts to bring the case to the court,” Nababan said. The >1965 massacre victims and their family members already had their political >rights restored. > >“What else do they want? It’s enough,” Nababan said. His statement quickly >drew anger from human rights activists. > >Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation chairman Alvon Kurnia Palmasaid said Golkar >was trying to protect Suharto and his cronies. > >“It’s very clear that gross human rights violations have been committed. We >should never stop seeking justice for the victims,” Alvon said on Wednesday. > >Golkar, which has been strongly associated with Suharto and played a role in >establishing his regime, has been aggressive in stopping any move to bring the >massacre to the surface. In response to Komnas HAM’s findings, Priyo, who is >also House of Representatives deputy speaker, said that Indonesia should put >the events of 1965 behind it. > >“I was just giving my opinion that we should look to the future,” he said. > >Human rights activists lambasted Priyo’s remarks. The Commission for Missing >Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), victims, and families of victims of >the 1965 massacre and other tragedies reported Priyo to the House Ethics >Council over his statement. > >“He said it’s not important to bring up the past,” said Haris Azhar, a >coordinator for the rights group. “This kind of statement is very >inappropriate.” > >While the Ethics Council has yet to conduct a hearing into Priyo’s conduct, >Kontras reiterated on Wednesday its claim that the deputy speaker had violated >the House’s code of ethics, including the failure to carry out the people’s >mandate and not respecting democracy and human rights. > >“Under the law, the government has the responsibility to solve cases of human >rights violations,” Haris said. “And it’s Priyo’s duty to supervise the >solving of the human rights cases.” > >Kontras asked the Ethics Council to investigate the political motives behind >Priyo’s statement. > >“Golkar, with its background as the party that benefited from the New Order >regime, might be afraid about what the case will unveil,” Haris said. “In the >future, we must think of punishing Golkar to prevent its members from issuing >counterproductive statements.” > >Pudjo Untung, 70, one of the victims of the 1965 violence, said recently that >Priyo did not understand that the historical scars had yet to heal. > >“Komnas HAM has issued a recommendation that the incident was a serious human >rights violation and Priyo should have represented the people. What Priyo did >showed that he really doesn’t understand history,” Pudjo said. > >In the decades since the anti-left violence, the atrocities had been covered >up and obscured by the authorities, but now Indonesians must come to terms >with the past, he added. > >“History was kept in the dark and as long as it’s kept in the dark, the >problem is still not solved, and we’ll still be discriminated against,” he >said. > >Nurkholis, who headed the Komnas HAM investigation team, said the preliminary >findings indicated incidents of murder, extermination, slavery, forced >eviction, deprivation of freedom, torture, rape and abuse. > >Komnas HAM has identified some of those responsible for the violence, he said. >Although he declined to provide names, the group did not hesitate to point its >finger at the Command for the Restoration of Security and Public Order >(Kopkamtib), the pervasive security network set up by Suharto following the >1965 coup attempt. > >The Komnas HAM investigation team, which was established on June 1, 2008, and >worked until April 30, 2012, questioned 349 witnesses who either heard about >incidents during the violence or experienced it firsthand. > >Leo said the violence at the time was justified because Indonesia was at risk >of falling under the rule of communism. > >(This is reprinted from the Jakarta Globe, with which Asia Sentinel has a >content-sharing agreeme > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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