Editorial: Striking a balance

The Jakarta Post | Editorial | Wed, January 30 2013, 12:25 PM

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The deliberation of the national security bill has been suspended following strong public resistance to its undemocratic content and its contradictions with other security management-related laws.

And now? Here comes the Presidential Instruction No. 2/2013 on the handling of security disturbances.

The presidential instruction, issued on Monday, orders the establishment of an integrated team — in the form of a line of coordination — to effectively address security problems at the national and regional levels. At the national level, the team will be coordinated by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, while at the regional level the regional heads (governors and regents/mayors) will oversee the process.

“Under the new instruction, there should be no hesitation in taking action. We can no longer deal with unresolved communal conflicts. Do not let them [conflicts] turn into time bombs,” President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Monday regarding the motives behind the issuance of the new regulation.

The presidential instruction, essentially a set of practical guidelines and instructions for the handling of communal and social conflict in the country, was apparently issued in response to complaints that “state and law enforcement officials have been negligent in dealing with conflict.”

In recent months, the government has been subject to criticism for failing to handle social conflicts — the latest being the ethnic conflict in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, earlier this month.

In defending the policy, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto says the presidential instruction was issued in compliance with Law No. 2/2002 on the National Police, Law No. 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (TNI), Law No. 17/2011 on state intelligence and Law No. 7/2012 on social conflict management. He also insists that the new instruction would not violate human rights, nor would it be used as a tool for repression.

The President and the coordinating minister were correct that security authorities not only need a legal umbrella but also practical guidelines to establish security in the country. However, the fact that the establishment of such an integrated team at national and regional levels would come along with the establishment of “an early warning system” as part of the measure to prevent conflict escalation will — in its implementation — collide with the public’s basic rights, such as freedom of expression and freedom of association.

The government also needs to ensure — again in its implementation — the involvement of the military (TNI) in the integrated teams will not violate the rules of engagement of military officers in helping the police — as the main player in the country’s domestic security affairs — establish security and order. The laws of the National Police and the TNI clearly stipulate such rules of engagement, as the police took the initiative to invite the TNI, the chain of command should remain with the police.

Apart from strategic and practical purposes in the dealing and handling of communal and social conflicts, the presidential instruction will remain “a fire extinguishing” mechanism against such conflicts. The government, in this case, should also think of measures that would significantly reduce — if not eliminate — the root causes of such communal or social conflicts.

Non-discriminatory government policies and strict implementation of laws and regulations are among the basic measures to establish security and order across the country. Otherwise, such conflicts will continue to erupt whenever justice and fairness are neglected.

Comment from KSBSI Consolidation:
 We have enough Law and regulation to handle case of riots. as mention: Law No. 2/2002 on the National Police, Law No. 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (TNI), Law No. 17/2011 on state intelligence and Law No. 7/2012. Why we should need new Law and regulation. People Communal conflict as mention mostly need social approach than Military and repression approach. Involvement of Military and Police  on Civil case like religion expression, Labor case, and all civil human expression and right is against Human Right and Labour Right.  

House approves controversial social conflict management bill

Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Thu, April 12 2012, 9:58 AM

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United: (From left to right) Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Priyo Budi Santoso, House Speaker Marzuki Alie, Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin and Deputy House Speaker Taufik Kurniawan share a light moment before the start of a plenary session on Wednesday. The session endorsed the social conflict management bill after a contentious debate over the prerogatives of the President in deploying military personnel for social conflict mitigation. JP/Jerry AdigunaThe House of Representatives passed the social conflict management bill on Wednesday following a chorus of rejection from lawmakers and NGOs who warned it could pave the way for the Indonesian Military (TNI) to enter local political issues.

The final bill featured a watered-down version of one of the more contentious articles, which would have authorized governors, regents and mayors, if backed by local military and police leaders, to deploy the TNI to resolve social conflicts — a power currently reserved for the President.

The bill endorsed by the House on Wednesday allowed only the President to have the authority to deploy the TNI to handle such conflicts, when necessary, with the approval of the House leadership.

“After comprehensively discussing input from lawmakers, particularly on Article 33 and Article 34 on the deployment of the TNI in conflict resolution, we agreed to revise both articles to mandate the President to be in charge of this,” said Adang Daradjatun from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), who chaired the special committee on the bill.

“This is to avoid ambiguity over which institutions should be responsible for deploying the TNI in conflict resolutions, when needed.”

In a plenary session last week, lawmakers were concerned that the articles could pave the way for TNI personnel to commit human-rights violations in domestic conflicts.

The lawmakers then sent the bill back to the House committee to make revisions.

The revised version of the bill states that regional leaders need approval from the President to deploy the TNI in conflict situations.

But the President himself will also need to obtain approval from House leaders in order to deploy troops in such situations, under the approved bill.

The committee has also agreed to drop an article that could allow foreign agencies to be involved in conflict resolution in Indonesia.

Previously, House Commission I overseeing defense and international affairs expressed its concerns over the article.

“We decided to drop the article because activists have stated their opposition to it. We have decided not to allow foreign agencies to interfere with efforts to resolve social conflicts,” Adang said.

Another senior lawmaker said that the removal of the article had helped protect the sovereignty of Indonesian.

“This is important to show that we are an independent nation. We must be able to take care of ourselves, including in the management of social conflicts in the country,” said TB Hasanuddin from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, who is also the deputy chairman of Commission I.

Quoting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin said that the bill would provide a legal foundation for protecting civilians in times of social conflict.

“The law will not only protect the people but also empower them during conflicts because it will uphold human rights, justice and gender equality,” he said.

A group called Indonesia Damai (Peaceful Indonesia) first proposed the bill in early 2011, and the House soon started deliberating on the organization’s suggestion.

House Commission II overseeing domestic governance and regional autonomy deliberated on the bill with Commission III on legal affairs and Commission I.

The bill has also mandated the establishment of a Social Conflict Settlement Commission, an ad hoc body which would have the authority to conduct out-of-court settlements through mediation and reconciliation sessions.

Comments from KSBSI Consolidation:

This Law will not effective to resolve conflict in the grassroots level. Most of conflict in Indonesian is regarding freedom to express people religion and believe which critics  by International as part of Human Right abuse.

Government always absent on this problem but to many involved on handling of Industrial relation conflict (on this position government have possibility to corrupt). We worried this regulation will use to control trade union activity.

7 PEDOMAN UNTUK TETAP DI KSBSI

1. KSBSI INDEPENDEN
2. SAYA SETUJU KORUPSI DIBUKTIKAN DENGAN
    PERBANDINGAN TERBALIK. KEKAYAAN SELURUH
    STAFF DPP KSBSI SAAT INI TIDAK ADA APA-  
    APANYA   BERBANDING KEKAYAAN PENGURUS
    DPP SBSI MP. KAMI BERANI DIAUDIT PERSONAL.
3. TUDUHAN A MORAL, HANYA BISA DIBUKTIKAN
    DI SURGA BERSAMA TUHAN. KARENA MELEMPAR BATU KEPADA PIHAK LAIN
    DENGAN TUDUHAN A MORAL SUDAH PERNAH TERJADI PADA ZAMAN NABI-NABI.
    SUDAH LEBIH BERMORALKAH SBSI MP.
4. LOGO KSBSI DIPEROLEH MELALUI KONGRES I SBSI DAN PERUBAHAN NAMA  DAN
    BENTUK KSBSI  MELALUI KONGRES. NASKAH ASLI LOGO JUSTRU DIBUAT OLEH
    SALAH SATU PENDIRI SBSI EDUARD P. MARPAUNG, BUKAN REKSON ATAU MP.
    EDUARD P. MARPAUNG ADALAH PENCIPTA ASLI LOGO FAS PENDUKUNG
    BERDIRINYA KSBSI DAN LOGO  KSBSI.
5. KSBSI ADALAH SALAH SATU DARI 3 KONFEDERASI YANG TERUS KONSISTEM  
    MEMPERJUANGKAN PENGHAPUSAN PEKERJAAN KONTRAK, OUTSOURSING YG
    TIDAK SESUAI UU,    PENGHAPUSAN UPAH MURAH, DAN PERJUANGAN BPJS SJSN.
6. DEMOKRATIS DAN MEMBUKA SELUAS-LUASNYA RUANG DIALOG INTERNAL DAN
    EKSTERNAL. KONFEDERATIF DENGAN KEKUATAN INTI PADA FEDERASI. SEHINGGA  
    TERHINDAR DARI OTORITARIAN SISTEM DAN MEMINIMALISIR KORUPSI KARENA
    PENGAWASAN DAN KONTROL YANG KUAT DARI DEWAN KONFEDERASI .
7. BERAFILIASI KE INTERNASIONAL MELALUI ITUC DAN FEDERASI YANG JUGA
    BERAFILIASI INTERNASIONAL. INI MENJAMIN KUALITAS SEBAGAI SERIKAT BURUH
    YANG DISEGANI BAIK LOKAL, REGIONAL  MAUPUN  INTERNASIONAL.

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  Eduard Marpaung Itulah sebabnya dalam Kongres KSBSI 2003 Mayoritas Lomenik dan federasi lain meminta KSBSI berbentuk Konfederasi agar kekuasaan tidak absolut berada di satu Ketua Umum. Kekuatan KSBSI berada di Dewan Konfederasi Nasional DKN. Itulah sebabnya 5 orang Pengurus DEN adalah penjalan eksekutif harian yang tiap bulanan melakukan evaluasi bersama di DKN. Inilah yang ditolak MP saat ini, MP lebih berkeinginan KSBSI kembali ke masa sebelum Kongres 2003 dimana KSBSI masih berbentuk Unitari (unitari federasi katanya). Lord Acton jelas mendiskripsikan bahwa kekuasaan yang absolut, corrupt absolutely. Mengapa memilih system yang korupt bila ada pilihan lain?.... MP keluar dari KSBSI justru karena system KSBSI Konfederatif dan Mendirikan SBSI kembali ke system 2003 yang absolut dan unitari.

   

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