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Government mulls apology for anti-communist purge
Jakarta Post - August 19, 2015
"We're still reviewing the plan because it would involve a number of cases," Yasonna told reporters.
Yasonna said that the apology would constitute one of two options that the government could take to try and bring about some closure to one of the darkest episodes in the country's modern history.
"There are be two options, judicial and non-judicial, and now we're leaning toward the non-judicial option," Yasonna said. He said that the ministry had yet to brief President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on which option he should take.
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) declared in its findings on Monday that the systematic persecution of alleged members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) after the failed 1965 coup constituted a gross violation of human rights. The commission requested military officials who were involved in the purge to be brought to trial.
The Jokowi administration has decided to establish a non-judicial mechanism to resolve past human rights abuses in cases where there is an absence of solid on-the-ground evidence on which to settle the cases legally.
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