A Year Of Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin's Leadership, KontraS: Democracy In Indonesia Has Decreased

President Jokowi and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (ANTARA PHOTO)

JAKARTA - The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) released notes on the performance of the government of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin. KontraS coordinator, Fatia Maulidiyanti said, in the first year of Jokowi's second term, democracy in Indonesia had decreased.

"KontraS views that democracy in Indonesia is experiencing a recess or decline. So it is not only an economic recession but a recession of democracy in Indonesia," said Fatia in an online press conference, Monday, October 19.

"Even through the Economic Information Index about democracy, it is stated that Indonesia has indeed experienced a decrease in democracy by a fraction of a percent due to several situations," he added.

Fatia explained, this condition was caused by several aspects such as the narrowing of the civil society space because the public was not involved in the formulation of policies, the repressive culture carried out by law enforcement officials such as the police, the involvement of apparatus to intelligence related to civil society activities, especially in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic like now. this, and neglect to resolve cases of gross human rights violations and the lack of participation in the implementation of the democratic process and substance.

"So, through these ideas, we recorded several important points in press releases and in KontraS 'reports regarding Jokowi's one year. Where there are several issues or events that often occur in a recurring pattern in one year of Jokowi and Ma'ruf's leadership. Amen, "he said.

Regarding the neglect of resolving serious human rights cases, KontraS considers this to be clear after Jokowi agreed to appoint a number of former Rose Team members as officials at the Ministry of Defense. Apart from that, there was also a statement from the government which stated that the Trisakti, Semanggi I and Semanggi II cases were not serious human rights violations.

"Coupled with the situation of human rights defenders who are increasingly threatened due to the absence of a protection mechanism, in fact, this situation today is more threatening to human rights defenders and also people who are critical in voicing their opinions during the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin administration," he said.

Jokowi was inaugurated as President of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2019-2024 on October 20, 2019. This is his second term as head of state.

When addressing the MPR after he was inaugurated, there were at least five achievements that would be carried out maximally by him, namely the development of superior human resources, infrastructure development, simplification of regulations, simplification of regulations, simplification of the bureaucracy, and acceleration of economic transformation.