Weekly Update Human Rights in Indonesia – 28-07-2014 We wish you a very peaceful and happy Idul Fitri 1435H – Mohon Ma’af Lahir dan Batin potential coordinating political, legal and security affairs minister, along with Impunity former Army chief of staff, Gen. (ret) Ryamizard Ryacudu. Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator, No crooks or human rights abusers in new Cabinet: Haris Azhar, concurred with Al Araf, saying that Jokowi, who will be sworn in as Activists president on Oct. 20, must remain aloof from suspect businesspeople and politicians. The Jakarta Post, 26-07-2014 On Thursday, Jokowi, through his website jokowicenter.com, launched an online Human rights groups have called on president-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to fill poll called the “People’s Choice for an Alternative Cabinet”. In the poll three the new Cabinet only with figures whose track records are free from corruption different names are suggested for each ministerial post in a Cabinet of 34 or human rights violations. “Jokowi must realize that his victory was due to the ministers. Respondents can also propose other names aside from the three people’s support, thus he must not betray the people’s trust,” the program available choices. Jokowi said that the poll result would be taken into account director of human rights watchdog Imparsial, Al Araf, said. when he recruited his ministers. He demanded that Jokowi avoid filling Cabinet posts with human rights abusers, For the coordinating political, legal and security affairs minister post, the poll has in particular ministerial posts relating to legal, defense or security issues. “Some presented three candidates — Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. individuals around Jokowi have been implicated in human rights abuses. Jokowi Moeldoko, former Army chief Gen. Budiman and former Jakarta governor and must not chose anyone implicated in cases such as the Talangsari killings, the retired general Sutiyoso. Tanjung Priok incident or the murder of human rights activist Munir,” he said in a telephone interview on Friday. Al Araf proposed Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary- general Tjahjo Kumolo or Moeldoko as the best candidates to fill the post, while A member of Jokowi’s campaign team, former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Haris opted for Moeldoko. “There is no problem with Moeldoko’s track record. chief Gen. (ret) Hendropriyono, faces accusations over his alleged involvement in But, the Corruption Eradication Commission [KPK] need to explain about the Munir’s murder and the Talangsari case. Hendropriyono is among the candidates meeting between Moeldoko and Rudi Rubiandini prior to Rudi’s arrest,” Haris touted to enter Jokowi’s new Cabinet. Indo Barometer pollster has named him as said, referring to the former Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKKMigas) chief, who has since been jailed for corruption. This Amnesty International Netherlands clipping service is made for Amnesty members and others interested in the human rights developments in Indonesia – for information only – not to be quoted as Amnesty information. For more information or to be included in or deleted from the mailing list, write to [email protected]. For back issues view http://www.marthameijer.org/page36.php 1 Weekly Update Human Rights in Indonesia – 28-07-2014 We wish you a very peaceful and happy Idul Fitri 1435H – Mohon Ma’af Lahir dan Batin Analyst from the Indonesian Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies (LESPERSSI), Rizal Dharma Putra, suggested that senior PDI-P lawmaker and retired general, TB Hasanuddin, was best suited to fill the post. “TB Hasanuddin has experience in both military and political fields,” Rizal said. For the defense ministry post, Al Araf and Haris suggested Rizal Sukma, a renowned analyst and executive director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). ”Rizal is known for his commitment in reforming the defense sector,” Al Araf said. Rizal Dharma Putra mentioned Andi Widjajanto, a defense expert at the University of Indonesia (UI) and a member of Jokowi’s campaign team, as the best contender. “Andi has excellent academic Prabowo: foreign intervention background, but it maybe not enough. We need a minister with practical ability,” The Jakarta Globe, 25-07-2014 he said. Prabowo refused to admit defeat on July 22, the date the result was announced Elections 2014 by the General Elections Commission (KPU). Since then he has claimed “massive” vote rigging robbed him of the presidency. He has reported one division of the KPU to the police — in North Jakarta — and said that a garrison of foreign Jokowi reaches out to Prabowo hackers from South Korea found a backdoor into the KPU’s website and switched Kompas 23-07-2014 ballots to show people voting for Joko Widodo erroneously. In his election speech on a Penisi boat in the harbor of Jakarta Jokowi has Prabowo’s brother and wealthy backer Hashim Djojohadikusumo indicated on thanked all voters for their support. He reached out to Prabowo in saying: “First Wednesday that he believed the hacking arrests were election related. “I’ve been of all I thank Mr Prabowo Subianto and Mr Hatta Rajasa who have become our told that the 37 hackers — you’ve heard about the 37 hackers, yes — I’ve been friends in this political contest. Let’s forget about the team 1 and the team 2, let’s told that the 37 hackers admitted to the police that they added … votes to get together for this country.” See the video for Jokowi’s rhetoric talent… Jokowi,” Hashim said. http://epaper1.kompas.com/kompas/books/140723kompas/index.html#/1/ This Amnesty International Netherlands clipping service is made for Amnesty members and others interested in the human rights developments in Indonesia – for information only – not to be quoted as Amnesty information. For more information or to be included in or deleted from the mailing list, write to [email protected]. For back issues view http://www.marthameijer.org/page36.php 2 Weekly Update Human Rights in Indonesia – 28-07-2014 We wish you a very peaceful and happy Idul Fitri 1435H – Mohon Ma’af Lahir dan Batin Accusations of foreign intervention in the election has been a theme in performance of the KPU and the millions of people involved during the vote- Prabowo’s stump speeches — but the National Police told the Jakarta Globe that counting process of the presidential election,” Anies told the Globe. “The Jokowi- the arrests of the hackers were related to financial scams and that there was not JK team believes in the KPU’s credibility.” a shred of evidence of any electioneering from abroad. The Prabowo campaign, by contrast, believes the KPU is corrupt. “I was told that “It has nothing to do with the election,” National Police spokesman Boy Rafli we have lost 4.4 million votes in East Java mysteriously,” Hashim said on Omar said. “The arrest was about online crimes carried out in Indonesia but Wednesday. “And I’ve been told that 1.9 million votes mysteriously were added targeting people in China. We arrested them based on a report filed in China. All to Jokowi. So we want to find out. Just give us time. Just give us time within our of them have already been deported. “We did not arrest nor detained any rights — we have the right to a revote. Why the rush? We have plenty of time.” election-related hackers,” he said. Prabowo’s reaction self-humiliating While the KPU insisted that it was impossible to electronically manipulate the count, the head of the Indonesian association of information technology The Jakarta Post, 23-07-2014 academics (FAIT) emphasized that the Prabowo camp’s accusations had no basis Gerindra Party presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto humiliated himself on in fact. “It is impossible hackers can manipulate the vote-count tally because the Tuesday by rejecting the 2014 presidential election result and pulling himself out recapitulation was conducted manually and, of course, has nothing to do with of the election, claiming that the election was flawed and marred with hacking,” FAIT chairman Hotland Sitorus said on Friday. widespread fraud. The accusation of South Korean involvement in some grand plan to rig In the days after election day on July 9, Prabowo said he would accept whatever Indonesia’s presidential election brought a rare intervention from Seoul. decision was made by the General Elections Commission (KPU) with regard to the “The South Korean embassy strongly denies any allegation of the country’s result. “The 2014 presidential election overseen by KPU was riddled with involvement in the case. For further explanation please check with the National problems. It was undemocratic and went against the 1945 Constitution,” Police’s detective unit,” the embassy said in a press release on Wednesday. Prabowo said at his campaign headquarters, Polonia House in East Jakarta, on Tuesday. Prabowo voiced his statement as the KPU was concluding the final vote Anies Baswedan, the campaign spokesman of President-elect Joko Widodo, said recapitulation. In his speech, Prabowo instructed all members of his campaign he continued to have faith in the integrity of the KPU. “We believe in the team taking part in the KPU’s plenary session to walk out in protest. This Amnesty International Netherlands clipping service is made for Amnesty members and others interested in the human rights developments in Indonesia – for information only – not to be quoted as Amnesty information. For more information or to be included in or deleted from the mailing list, write to [email protected]. For back issues view http://www.marthameijer.org/page36.php 3 Weekly Update Human Rights in Indonesia – 28-07-2014 We wish you a very peaceful and happy Idul Fitri 1435H – Mohon Ma’af Lahir dan Batin Prabowo’s eleventh-hour decision was based on what he considered indications Soon after the announcement, Prabowo-Hatta campaign team member Amazon of foul play found by his campaign team.