Doubt lingers over selection as Komnas ends screening<\/p>\n
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has
\ncompleted its efforts to find 34 member candidates despite
\ncriticism from its own members over the qualifications used in
\nthe selection process and the integrity of several names.<\/p>\n
In the commission's plenary meeting on Friday attended by 14
\nof its 18 members, secretary-general Asmara Nababan raised doubts
\nover at least five names from the list of 20 candidates that had
\nemerged after the second selection stage.<\/p>\n
\"Some of the names were dropped in the first selection stage
\ndue to doubts over their moral integrity and credibility,\" he
\nsaid on Friday.<\/p>\n
Nababan refused to name the four and failed to elaborate on
\nhis objections to the other candidate, who is a staffer at the
\ncommission.<\/p>\n
The final report completed by the first team in August
\nrevealed the four as: former state minister of the now defunct
\nhuman rights affairs office Hasballah M. Saad, staff expert for
\nthe late attorney general Baharuddin Lopa, Achmad Ali, lecturer
\nRuswiati Suryasaputra, and lawyer Maiyasyak Johan.<\/p>\n
The first team had selected 14 community figures. According to
\nLaw No. 39\/1999 on the rights commission, which consists of 35
\nmembers, the commission should look for 17 additional members to
\nmeet the quota. Therefore, it should find at least twice the
\nrequired number to be submitted to the House for a further
\nscreening process.<\/p>\n
Nababan questioned the mechanism used by the second selection
\nteam led by colleague B.N. Marbun, but the latter brushed aside
\nalleged irregularities in the selection process.<\/p>\n
\"This team has its own parameters. Not that we are criticizing
\nthe first team, but our process is more complete. We have
\nconfronted the public reports to them, which they convincingly
\ndenied. In life, we have to trust each other, the team doesn't
\nhave to check the facts. Moreover, even if you once committed a
\ncrime, you deserve a second chance,\" Marbun told a media
\nconference after the meeting, adding that the list of the 34
\nwould be submitted to the House within the next two weeks.<\/p>\n
Teras Narang, chairman of Commission II overseeing the legal
\naffairs of the House of Representatives, said that a decision on
\nwhether to implement a fit and proper test to screen the
\ncandidates would be decided in an internal meeting of the House.<\/p>\n
\"The important thing is that the members have to be impartial
\nand have high moral integrity and understanding of human rights
\nissues,\" he told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.<\/p>\n
List of 34 Komnas HAM member candidates<\/p>\n
1. Zoemrotin
\n2. Sri Wahyuningsih
\n3. Todung Mulya Lubis
\n4. Hendardi
\n5. Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara
\n6. Emmy Hafild
\n7. Wardah Hafidz
\n8. Mansour Faqih
\n9. Mohammad Farid
\n10. Anti Sulaiman
\n11. Zohra Andi Baso
\n12. M.M. Billah
\n13. Chandra Setiawan
\n14. Anshari Thayib
\n15. M. Habib Chirzin
\n16. Medelina K. Hendytio
\n17. Ruswiati Suryasaputra
\n18. Amidhan
\n19. Rudi M. Rizki
\n20. Salahuddin Wahid
\n21. Yies Sa'dyah Maksum
\n22. Hasballah M. Saad
\n23. Achmad Ali
\n24. Sumaryo Suryokusumo
\n25. Abdy S. Kusumanegara
\n26. Victor D. Sibarani
\n27. Yuwaldi
\n28. Taheri Noor
\n29. Hasto Atmojo Suroyo
\n30. Enny Soeprapto
\n31. Gunardo
\n32. Maiyasyak Johan
\n33. Masfar Safar
\n34. Muh. Said Nisar<\/p>\n
Source: Komnas HAM<\/p>\n
Note: The first 14 names emerged from the initial selection
\nprocess conducted by a joint team led by legal expert Harkristuti
\nHarkrisnowo. The rest have been selected by another team led by
\nKomnas HAM's member B.N. Marbun.<\/p>",
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