Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections (Kumham Imipas) Yusril Ihza Mahendra said his party would record convicts (prisoners) of former members of the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) organization who could be released on condition or encouraged to apply for clemency.
Coordinating Minister Yusril said data collection would be coordinated with the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas), the Ministry of Law, and the Ministry of Human Rights.
"All of them, both those who have been convicted and those who are in the process, will also be discussed for the possibility of getting amnesty and abolition from the President," said Yusril as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, December 23.
Yusril said that through the data collection, his party would find out the number of former members of Jamaah Islamiyah who had already received parole and who should be encouraged to immediately apply for clemency to the President.
President Prabowo Subianto, according to him, is a leader with a big heart and forgiveness.
"He is a type of human without grudge against other people, both personal matters, let alone the interests of the nation and state," he said.
Since being inaugurated as President on October 20, 2024, Prabowo has expressed his intention to build reconciliation and re-knit national brotherhood ties.
For prisoners, especially children and productive age, Coordinating Minister Yusril said that Prabowo showed compassion and wanted to grant amnesty.
Then for foreign prisoners, he said, the President agreed to selectively transfer them to their home country, where some of them have now been sent home.
"The amnesty and abolition process is currently being formulated. God willing, it can be carried out in the first months of 2025," said Yusril.
Jamaah Islamiyah has announced its disbandment on June 30, 2024 through a declaration made by 16 senior figures in Bogor, West Java, with a commitment to abandon violence and extremism and support the Republic of Indonesia.
The former members of Jamaah Islamiyah agreed to develop peaceful and tolerant Islamic teachings in line with the principles of Ahlussunnah wal Jama'ah. More than 100 members of Jamaah Islamiyah, including senior figures and pesantren leaders, attended the declaration.
The declaration of the peak of the disbandment of Jamaah Islamiyah took place in Surakarta, Central Java, on Saturday (21/12), which was attended by thousands of former members of Jamaah Islamiyah from the areas of Surakarta, Kedu, and Semarang.
A total of 1,400 representatives of former members of Jamaah Islamiyah stated that they were ready to return to the fold of the Republic of Indonesia, comply with applicable laws, and are committed to distancing themselves from extreme understandings and groups.
After the declaration of the disbandment, the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) proposed cutting the prison sentence for former members of Jamaah Islamiyah who had expressed their support for the disbandment of the group.
Head of BNPT, Komjen Eddy Hartono, said that his party plans to recommend reducing sentences for more than 180 people to the Ministry of Imipas and correctional institutions.
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