Multiple stakeholders are calling for the Indonesian government to\nwithdraw from the Board of Peace (BoP) following a US-Israeli military\noperation against Iran on Saturday morning, 28 February 2026. The\ncombined military assault has prompted significant domestic debate over\nIndonesia\u2019s continued participation in the initiative.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has determined that the BoP is\nincapable of bringing peace to Palestine, arguing that US President\nDonald Trump\u2019s attack on Iran contradicts the forum\u2019s stated commitment\nto creating peace in the region. Meanwhile, Nur Rachmat Yuliantoro, a\nprofessor at the Department of International Relations at Universitas\nGadjah Mada (UGM), has challenged President Prabowo Subianto to honour\nhis earlier promise to withdraw Indonesia from the BoP should\nPalestinian independence not be achieved. A coalition of civil society\norganisations has likewise requested Indonesia\u2019s withdrawal.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Ulema Council has urged the Indonesian government to\nwithdraw from the Board of Peace, questioning whether the strategy is\ngenuinely designed to achieve equitable peace or merely strengthens an\ninequitable security architecture that buries Palestinian independence.\nIn a statement released on Sunday, 1 March 2026, the MUI declared:\n\u201cTherefore, the MUI urges the Indonesian government to revoke its\nmembership of the BoP, as it is deemed ineffective in achieving genuine\nPalestinian independence.\u201d<\/p>\n
The council contends that President Trump has acted in direct\ncontradiction to his stated goals. Instead of promoting peace, the US\npresident has launched joint strikes against Iran alongside Israel.\nSudarnoto Abdul Hakim, head of the MUI\u2019s foreign relations division,\ncharacterised the assault as concrete evidence that Trump is\nfundamentally a peace-breaker rather than a peacemaker. \u201cConsequently,\nthe BoP increasingly loses moral, political and even legal legitimacy,\nas it has proven useless in creating genuine peace, let alone justice,\u201d\nSudarnoto stated on 1 March 2026.<\/p>\n
Professor Yuliantoro noted that President Prabowo had previously\nstated that Indonesia could withdraw from the BoP if Palestinian\nindependence were not achieved. \u201cHowever, before this objective even\nbecomes a reality, the US and Israel have attacked Iran. This prompts us\nto question the credibility and legitimacy of the BoP, whose principal\nactors are opening new major conflicts in the Middle East,\u201d Yuliantoro\ntold Tempo on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
According to Yuliantoro, achieving peace through the BoP now appears\nimplausible, rendering the international forum inherently contradictory.\n\u201cThis is why I believe Indonesia should withdraw from BoP membership due\nto the loss of credibility and legitimacy,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n
Ardi Manto, director of Imparsial, explained that a coalition of 79\ncivil society organisations maintains that Indonesia\u2019s involvement in\nthe BoP should have been discussed openly with the participation of\nparliament and civil society, rather than decided in closed proceedings.\nIn a petition delivered during an online session on Sunday, 1 March\n2026, the coalition argued that the BoP does not align with UN Security\nCouncil Resolution 2803, particularly regarding the mandate to resolve\nthe Palestine issue.<\/p>\n
The coalition criticised the BoP\u2019s structure and mechanisms for\noperating outside UN Security Council oversight, instead being dominated\nby particular political interests. \u201cWe believe Indonesia needs to\nreassess its involvement in the BoP, as it risks drawing Indonesia into\na global political configuration that contradicts the principles of\nindependent and active foreign policy,\u201d Manto concluded.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/multiple-reasons-indonesia-must-withdraw-from-board-of-peace-1772413044", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }