Jakarta \u2014 Indonesia\u2019s Central Information Commission (KIP) Deputy\nChair Arya Sandhiyudha has stressed that the commission\u2019s decision\nconcerning the diplomas of President Joko Widodo and Vice-President\nGibran Rakabuming Raka is neutral in character.<\/p>\n
He has urged all parties not to claim that the KIP decision favours\nany particular faction. \u201cThe KIP decision is neutral. No party should\nclaim that the Information Commission favours any particular narrative,\u201d\nArya said in a statement in Jakarta on Friday.<\/p>\n
Arya emphasised that every decision by the Commissioner Panel in\nPublic Information Dispute Resolution Hearings at the Central\nInformation Commission is based entirely on law and trial evidence. \u201cWe\nensure that all Commissioners serving as the Commissioner Panel at the\nCentral Information Commission in various Public Information Dispute\nResolution Hearings make decisions on the basis of Law Number 14 of 2008\nconcerning Public Information Disclosure, other related legislation, and\napplicable regulations, by carefully and thoroughly considering facts\nrevealed during the hearings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He stressed that KIP has no interest in entering into political\npolemics or public opinion concerning the authenticity or validity of\nany particular figure\u2019s diploma. \u201cKIP RI has no interest and is not\nremotely interested in entering into public polemics. The Commissioner\nPanel does not take into consideration public discourse that has\ndeveloped between parties supporting and opposing the issue of whether\nformer President Joko Widodo\u2019s diploma is genuine or counterfeit, nor\ndoes it consider debates about the validity of Vice-President Gibran\nRakabuming Raka\u2019s diploma,\u201d Arya said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision is entirely the result of the professionalism of the\nCommissioner Panel acting as a \u2018judge\u2019 at the Information Commission,\nsworn according to each person\u2019s religious beliefs to comply with the\nlaw in carrying out their duties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He explained that in cases of information disputes concerning diploma\ndocuments used in the process of nominating for public office, the\nCommissioner Panel assessed these documents as relating to state\nadministration and therefore must be tested within the framework of\npublic information disclosure as stipulated in Law Number 14 of\n2008.<\/p>\n
Therefore, when the Commissioner Panel decides that information is\npublic information to be disclosed, that decision falls within the legal\nframework of information disclosure \u2014 not within the framework of\nproving whether a document is true or false.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf a decision states that information should be disclosed, then the\nfunction of that decision is to provide access to information in\naccordance with disclosure principles, whether to the General Elections\nCommission, Universitas Gadjah Mada, or the Ministry of Education and\nCulture. Similarly, if a decision states that certain parts are\nexempted, then the function of that decision is to protect what several\nlaws and regulations require to be protected. After that, the public,\nresearchers, or parties who previously held pro or contra views are\nwelcome to use that information to conduct their own examination,\nanalysis, or assessment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a decision states that information is disclosed, the public \u2014\nincluding parties with pro and contra views \u2014 are welcome to use it to\nexamine in their own way, whether to strengthen confidence in existing\nviews or to change preliminary conclusions they have held,\u201d Arya\nsaid.<\/p>\n
For this reason, Arya warned that no party should claim that KIP\nfavours one narrative in public polemics. \u201cThe KIP decision is a neutral\ndecision within the legal framework of public information disclosure. No\nparty should invoke the Central Information Commission to strengthen its\nown subjective interpretation. That exceeds our authority,\u201d he\nstressed.<\/p>\n
He added that KIP\u2019s task ends at determining the status of public\ninformation disclosure, while further interpretation falls within the\nrealm of the public and other legal mechanisms if necessary. \u201cThat is\nthe limit of our authority \u2014 which must not be interfered with, and must\nnot be interpreted beyond the mandate of the Information Commission,\u201d\nArya said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kip-asserts-decision-on-jokowi-and-gibrans-diplomas-is-neutral-1773417275", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }