PKI victims protest court<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Dozens of people who said they were victims of the
\nnow-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) demonstrated in
\nfront of the Constitutional Court on Monday to protest its ruling
\nallowing former communist members to contest in future
\nlegislative elections.<\/p>\n
The court declared earlier that Article 60(g) of the election
\nlaw banning former PKI members from contesting seats in the House
\nof Representatives, provincial legislatures and
\nregental\/municipal legislatures, and the Regional Representatives
\nCouncil contradicted the 1945 Constitution and was invalid.<\/p>\n
Protest leader Arukat Djaswadi said the court's ruling was
\ninsensitive to PKI victims and their families.<\/p>\n
\"They (the communists) were very brutal, we can not trust
\nthem,\" Arukat said.<\/p>\n
Court member Lt. Gen. (ret) Achmad Rustandi told the
\nprotesters his office had only annulled an article banning former
\ncommunists from contesting legislative seats, while other laws
\nbanning the party, communism, Marxism and Leninism were still in
\neffect.<\/p>\n
The protesters, who came from East Java, later went to the
\nNational Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to air their
\nfeelings there. -- JP<\/p>",
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