Stop conflicts

Stop conflicts

In response to the ruling by the Constitutional Court that
allows former members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) to
be nominated as legislative candidates, we, the National Forum
for Good Relationships (FSAB), an organization set up by the
children and grandchildren of perpetrators and victims of
conflicts in this country since 1945, would like to express our
stance as follows:
* We fully support this ruling by the Constitutional Court, as
it ends the denial of the right of citizens to have their own
political convictions, as such a denial is in conflict with the
1945 Constitution, which guarantees human rights.
* The ruling by the Constitutional Court, led by Jimly
Ashiddique, is very relevant to the spirit of reconciliation that
has become a national resolve of Indonesia.
* We call on all parties to honor this ruling, as it is final in
nature.
* We call on all parties to stop passing on conflicts and not to
sow new seeds of conflict, by developing tolerance and mutual
respect in an effort to establish a just, civilized and
prosperous Indonesian society.

SURYO SUSILO
FSAB Director
Jakarta