MAKASSAR - Academics and researchers from the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (HI FISIP), Hasanuddin University encourage Indonesia to withdraw from the Board of Peace (BoP), a Peace Council that was fully initiated by the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
In a report on the results of the FGD study distributed to the public in Makassar, Saturday, the HI Unhas Laboratory considered that Indonesia's involvement in the BoP should be re-evaluated and terminated because the body did not visibly show a favorable bias in favor of Palestine.
In fact, it is considered not to be in line with Indonesia's national interests, and instead weakens Indonesia's position as a country that carries and supports the strengthening of multilateralism and respect for state sovereignty (state sovereignty).
BoP also structurally shows an unequal membership position (asymmetric relationship) and ambiguity of the US President as a state or non-state actor in BoP leadership.
The HI Department of Unhas is in a position to encourage the Indonesian Government to withdraw from the BoP, which is based on several considerations, namely:
First, Indonesia's exit from the BoP is an indication that Indonesia is consistent with the mandate of the constitution and the philosophy of active free foreign policy.
It has become a tradition, Indonesian diplomacy must be carried out based on the principle of free and active, strengthening support for Palestinian independence and sovereignty, and strengthening multilateral and regional cooperation.
Second, Indonesia has historically had credibility as a country that supports Palestinian independence and sovereignty and rejects the logic of unilateral actions.
It is this credibility that makes Indonesia respected and respected by other countries in multilateral bodies such as the UN, and Indonesia must maintain this credibility. Third, Indonesia should assert its position to strengthen multilateralism and not normalize an ad hoc forum that has the potential to displace the importance of existing and established international institutions. Fourth, it is increasingly felt that the economic cost of the escalation of regional war in the Middle East is too great to be ignored.
By being outside the BoP framework, Indonesia can have a stronger position to encourage the US, Israel and Iran as well as several countries involved to stop military escalation and take a diplomatic path. Fifth, the insistence to get out of the BoP basically does not interfere with or contradict President Prabowo's position because President Prabowo himself has stated that he is opening a political path to withdraw from the BoP if the forum does not bring benefits to Palestine and is not in line with Indonesia's national interests.
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