Create public harmony

Create public harmony

From Media Indonesia

As one among millions of Indonesians, I hope that the government can restore harmony and security for its people to prevent them from being victims of the battle involving the political elite or the elite of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

Unfortunately, voices of harmony, which put public safety above other things, seem to deserve less attention in the mass media. News stories about disagreements, differences and violence are accorded all the attention, instead.

The media is now more interested in publishing the voice of observers who dare to stand against their opponents or the opinions of NGOs that have the guts to condemn the authorities.

In reality, there are calming voices from some groups that have the true right to speak up, as they once felt the bitterness of the New Order regime.

They are ex-political detainees and those who once opposed some policies of the then all-powerful New Order rulers. This time we are listening to the calming voices of the Mujahidin Warsidi Talangsari group, which does not want theirs to become the target of certain NGOs' interests.

In their opinion, the National Commission on Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is making use of the Talangsari case as its target to slam the military in the interests of its antimilitary ideology.

Human rights have now been consigned to the dustbin following the violation of human rights by the United States itself, which is labeled as the most serious human rights violator.

ABDUL QADIR BARAJA

Jakarta