TAP MPR II/2001 Revoked, Family Asks Gus Dur's Name To Be Rehabilitated Immediately

JAKARTA - The MPR RI has officially revoked MPR Decree (TAP) Number II of 2001 concerning the Accountability of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur. Gus Dur's family through Sinta Nuriyah's wife and their children asked the MPR to immediately rehabilitate the name of the 4th president of the Republic of Indonesia.

The request was conveyed by Sinta at the National Gathering with the MPR RI at the Nusantara V Building, Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday, September 29. At the event, Sinta also received documents for the revocation of the MPR TAP and recommendations for the awarding of the title of National Hero to Gus Dur.

"In Gus Dur's context, there needs to be a historical analysis that Gus Dur has never made accusations addressed to him. Many constitutional law experts can testify that Gus Dur has experienced what is called a parliamentary coup. A spark of political processes considering that Indonesia does not adhere to a parliamentary democratic system but adheres to a presidential system," said Sinta.

According to Sinta, various accusations were addressed to Gus Dur through the wrong procedures and hit each other. Even until now, he said, none of these goals had been proven.

"For us, the most painful thing is the accusation as if Gus Dur had committed acts of corruption," said Sinta.

Therefore, Sinta said, the revocation of the MPR TAP could be a binding stone, a reminder, so that the incident that happened to Gus Dur would not happen again.

"We hope to be the clearest mirror for the growth of democracy for Indonesia, so that it is not maintained by dirty hands," said Sinta.

The momentum for the revocation of TAP MPR number II/MPR/2001, added Sinta, must also be used to urge the implementation of essential democracy in this country, not procedural democracy that is prone to being engineered.

That way, according to him, there are no more parties who can freely carry out political engineering to bring down legitimate power or outsmart democracy for their own interests and groups alone.

"What happened to Gus Dur, should not take place again in this country. Therefore, we view two concrete steps that can be pursued after the revocation of the MPR TAP. First, Gus Dur's name was immediately rehabilitated by restoring his good name, dignity, and dignity as a former president," he said.

"Second, all forms of publication, both textbooks and books that involve Gus Dur's decline with the TAP MPR, must be withdrawn for revision," concluded Sinta Nuriyah.