TPN Ganjar: Past Human Rights Cases Have No Expired Deadline

JAKARTA - Director of the National Winning Team (TPN) Campaign for Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD, Mohammad Choirul Anam, reminded that the disclosure of cases of alleged human rights violations that were severe in the past actually did not have an expiration date, so legal certainty was needed.

"The most important thing is that the issue is understood in theory, legally, or in practice around the world, cases of human rights violations are cases of a policy nature so that the characters are different. Second, there is no expiration. There is no expiration, therefore it really needs legal certainty," Anam said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, December 13.

Anam also reminded that cases of past human rights violations actually taught the Indonesian people the meaning of democracy. According to him, victims of human rights violations can actually be said to be fighters.

"Without their sacrifice, our democracy does not end at this point. Then how do we pay for their services? Reveal the case. The state must be present there," said the former Commissioner of Komnas HAM.

When asked whether the Ganjar-Mahfud candidate pair would reopen investigations into cases of alleged past human rights violations, Anam said this was open to doing if new facts were found.

However, despite this, Anam reminded, what is no less important to think about by policy makers is to restore the rights of victims of human rights violations.

"If there are (new) facts, yes, go ahead. But if not, yes, you can't. But if it's the victim's right, it can be traced, what can the victim get, how will the recovery be, and so on. That's also important. So it's not just a matter of being opened and not being opened," said Anam.

In the inaugural debate of the 2024 presidential candidate on Tuesday (12/12), presidential candidate number 3 Ganjar Pranowo had asked the presidential candidate number 2 Prabowo Subianto regarding his commitment to resolving cases of past gross human rights violations if elected in the 2024 presidential election.

Prabowo answered this question, affirming that he was committed to upholding human rights in Indonesia, including if mandated to form a human rights court.

However, Prabowo considered the question quite tendentious. Prabowo emphasized that he had repeatedly answered the issue of alleged human rights violations. He also mentioned that these issues are often raised again every election.

Responding to this, Anam emphasized that Ganjar only needed a simple answer and did not mean tendentious. Because, Anam reminded, resolving human rights cases is part of the constitutional commitment and commitment to society, especially commitments to victims.

"Therefore, in fact, if there is a question, it should be simple, 'The answer is, we are committed to implementing it'. Not (assessed) to be politically tendentious words or something like that," said Anam.