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Komnas HAM not involved in drafting of final 1965 recommendations

Jakarta Post - September 23, 2016

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has not been asked to participate in the drafting of a final recommendation to settle the 1965 communist purge. The rights group says it has not even the slightest idea about the suggestions made to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

Following the decision of then-coordinating political, legal and security affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan to combine input from a state-sponsored national symposium in April and a civil society-initiated national symposium in June, Luhut's office formed its own team of three experts to draft out the recommendations, Komnas HAM chairman Imdadun Rahmat said.

Komnas HAM had been involved in the national symposium in April and had been invited to express its opinion, Imdadun said, adding however that the group had been excluded from the process of drafting the final recommendation submitted to President Jokowi.

"Since it was not drafted by our joint team, we feel that it's not important for us to ask about the recommendation. It's not ours. If we were part of [the drafters] we would have asked to see the final result," Imdadun said Thursday.

Imdadun added that the final government recommendation, which the group got to read during a meeting at the office of Luhut's successor Wiranto, had some significant differences when compared to the 1965 Symposium team's version. He did not elaborate on the differences.

Komnas HAM, as well as the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas), had given their input during the meeting but did not know whether the government had inserted their opinions or not, Imdadun said, adding that the hope to settle the 1965 communist purge and provide justice for the victims and survivors was now in the hands of the government. (dmr)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/09/23/komnas-ham-not-involved-in-drafting-of-final-1965-recommendations.html.