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In a move to bow to pressure from human-rights campaigners, president-elect Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo is pushing for legal instruments to allow the establishment of an ad hoc human rights court to hear cases of past human rights violations.

Your comments:

This idea is ill-timed. There are myriads of systemic injustices both current and past. While we do not minimize the importance of past wrongdoings, why not spend efforts and attention on those current injustices and demonstrate that Jokowi delivers!

The other camp will perceive this move as antagonistic and revengeful; consequently Jokowi'€™s initial administration will be wasted on putting out fires rather than nation-building and development.

No group should hold Jokowi'€™s new administration hostage to its pet agenda, including human rights groups: Justice for all, yes, but at the right time. I am for higher compliance with laws and justice, but political strategy and calculation is an important factor too.

James Waworoendeng

The right to a fair trial is an essential right in all countries and perpetrators of political crimes must be tried so that this kind of crime is not repeated against the innocent public.

Human rights violations are happening unchecked all over the world and this proposal will be a good start for Indonesia.

Thank you Mr. presiden-elect. I hope this proposal will be carried
forward sincerely in the name
of justice.

Shadan

A Truth and Reconciliation Commission will not be enough. This should be followed up by a Nuremberg-like trial, to try and convict the masterminds and the most zealous perpetrators in the particularly serious cases.

Jan Karl