Purged from IKIP<\/p>\n
On June 1, 2000, I wrote a letter to the chairman of the
\nNational Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) about action
\ntaken against me and my colleagues -- eleven persons in all -- by
\nthe then chairperson of the presidium of the Jakarta Teachers
\nTraining Institute (IKIP Jakarta), now State University of
\nJakarta, Prof. Dr. Hj. Maftuchah Jusuf, along with members of the
\ninstitute's screening committee and students council. The act was
\nobviously a violation of the law and of human rights: Maftuchah
\nJusuf and her group suspended us as civil servants for 11 years,
\nfrom April 1, 1966 through March 31 1977.<\/p>\n
All of us -- the institute's employees, lecturers and
\nlecturers' assistants -- belonged to the nationalist camp
\n(PNI\/GMNI\/KBM) and very clearly were not members of a banned
\nparty. Besides being suspended, we also had to put up with being
\nlabeled not free from leftist influence for the entire 32 years
\nof the New Order era under Soeharto. In addition, Maftuchah Jusuf
\nand her clique also discharged 41 students and suspended 36
\nothers without any legal or court procedures.<\/p>\n
As a result, we could neither teach nor do anything else in
\nour own society. The act put a stop to our career as civil
\nservants, even in our own institute. Besides, morally and
\nmaterially we were all belittled and this belittlement was also
\nborne by our families. In other words, this act downgraded our
\nself-respect and dignity as God's creatures and citizens in our
\nown country.<\/p>\n
Readers must well understand the plight of people like us,
\njust like the plight of Bung Karno's family members. Firing
\nstudents from a teachers' training institute is very cruel, an
\nact violating all the teachings of God the Almighty and the
\nfive-point principles of Pancasila. It must go down in the
\nhistory of the nation that IKIP Jakarta belongs to the category
\nof institutions that were most cruel when implementing the cruel
\npolicies of the New Order regime.<\/p>\n
Ironically, some of these violators of human rights are still
\nfree to stay on the campus and hold positions there. When the
\nintensity of the reform movement was at its greatest, they also
\nunashamedly condemned Soeharto in front of thousands of rallying
\nstudents on IKIP Jakarta's campus. In fact, they had enjoyed the
\npositions handed to them by the New Order administration and
\npracticed the cruelty of the New Order regime on the campus.<\/p>\n
So, speaking for myself and on behalf of my colleagues as
\nreferred to above, I earnestly hope that state minister for human
\nrights affairs will include in the forthcoming book on human
\nrights education the cruel legal and human rights violations
\nperpetrated by educational institutions in Indonesia during the
\nNew Order era. Details of these violations must also be included.
\nTherefore, I have asked members of the Komnas HAM to help monitor
\nand pay attention to this noble project.<\/p>\n
Last but not least, in the pursuit of national unity, we all
\nwish to see national reconciliation coupled with legal action
\nagainst those have committed mistakes and compensation to be
\nextended to the victims. Sticking closely to our conviction in
\nGod the Almighty, we must get rid of any desire for revenge. In
\nthis way the younger generation will learn from us and never
\ncommit the same mistakes in the future.<\/p>\n
RAHARDJO PURWOSUDIRDJO<\/p>\n
Chief lecturer<\/p>\n
Department of Economics,<\/p>\n
School of Social Sciences,<\/p>\n
State University of Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/purged-from-ikip-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }