The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has invited presidential candidates Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Prabowo Subianto to convey their stances on human rights at Komnas HAM headquarters in Jakarta on Thursday.

"We've been analyzing their mission statements based on the Constitution, laws on human rights, the law on human rights trials and even the law on eradicating racial discrimination," Komnas HAM presidential elections monitoring coordinator Maneger Nasution said in Jakarta on Wednesday, as reported by kompas.com.

The meeting is scheduled to be held at Komnas HAM headquarters in Central Jakarta at 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Maneger said the commission would quiz the candidates on seven issues that had been decided in their previous plenary sessions, namely past human rights violations, agrarian conflict, violence and conflict in Papua, protecting the rights of minority groups, the death penalty, accelerating police reform, mining cooperation and the agricultural sector, local administrations and guaranteeing the economic, social and cultural rights of the people.

"We will ask both presidential tickets about their knowledge, perception and commitment to these seven areas," he said.

Maneger added that the format of the meeting would be a question-and-answer session with Komnas HAM commissioners and experts in the field.

Further, Maneger noted that Komnas HAM would take its own stance should the candidates fail to fulfill the invitation.

According to Komnas HAM chairperson Hafid Abbas, there is a chance the Jokowi-Kalla will not be able to attend the meeting as they already have a scheduled agenda outside of Jakarta. (fss)

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