Moral victory of democracy supporters

Moral victory of democracy supporters

From Koran Tempo

The victory celebrated by some of the people today is not substantial, as the victory has been reached unfairly. Most Indonesian people have noticed that there is a group that has shown its prejudice by making sarcastic and exaggerated remarks, frequently not based on clear thinking and objectivity.

The same tendency has also been shown by the mass media, political observers and even legislators. They have shown their prejudice by predicting the escalation of violence by supporters of former president Abdurrahman Wahid. But their predictions proved to be wrong.

The peaceful situation has been created thanks to the wisdom of the prodemocracy group, not merely due to the alertness of the police and military. Democracy supporters preferred to avoid violence, though they had the opportunity to engage in it.

This is the "moral victory" of prodemocracy elements. The "moral victory" here is not related to an intention to popularize any specific group.

The Ahimsa (non-violence) Community views that the moral victory of the NU members, prodemocracy elements and Abdurrahman Wahid's supporters deserves to be recorded in the history of the struggle for democracy in Indonesia.

LULUK NURAMIDAH

Chairman of Ahimsa Community