Polemic on MPRS decree revocation
Polemic on MPRS decree revocation
From Media Indonesia
The polemic on the revocation of decree No.XXV/1966 of the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly (MPRS) has recently taken a swift turn upward after President Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) repeatedly said that the revocation of the decree was important. According to Gus Dur, the essence is, it is not wise of the government to punish family relations of people who are suspected of involvement in the now defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). Gus Dur even said that parents might have been PKI members but that their children were now pious. The President's statement has the support of a number of well-known figures, including the chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Matori Abdul Djalil.
According to chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Amien Rais, the revocation of the decree is dependent on the MPR, not on the President's statement. And the MPR he chairs will not revoke the decree. He even placed a bet of having his hair cut if the decree was revoked (Republika, April 5).
The rejection of the revocation of the decree also came from the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) general chairman K.H. Husein Umar and constitutional law expert Harun Alrasyid. However, the government's attitude and treatment of the relatives of members of the banned PKI needs redefining.
Looking into the contents of said MPRS decree on the banning of PKI in the Republic of Indonesia and the prohibition of the dissemination of communism, Marxism and Leninism, it needs clarifying if those ideologies are really atheistic. If that is the case, they are certainly against the Pancasila state ideology, i.e. the principle of God the Almighty. The consequence is that the MPRS decree must be maintained, because the revocation of the MPRS decree will mean the trampling of the state's basis and philosophy. Once again, it is absolutely true, provided that communism, Marxism and Leninism are teachings based on atheism.
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