Further doubts on truth commission

Further doubts on truth commission

JAKARTA: More analysts have expressed doubt that a planned
Truth and Reconciliation Commission can help in the process of
national reconciliation.

J. Kristiadi from the Centre for Strategic and International
Studies said on Thursday the nation could not reach
reconciliation because the perpetrators of human rights abuses
remained more powerful than the victims.

"The current atmosphere is not feasible for reconciliation. If
we insist on forcing reconciliation, it will only create more
problems," he said on the sidelines of a hearing with
legislators.

Meanwhile, Fatullah from the Center for Information and
Development Studies said the plan to set up a reconciliation
commission was drawn up to avoid having to put human rights
abusers on trial. --JP