Moeldoko: Protection Of Citizens The Mandate Of The Constitution

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko emphasized that the protection of citizens is a constitutional mandate and a priority for President Joko Widodo.

He said the government is strengthening efforts to protect citizens from violence, through the support of five state institutions that are members of the Cooperation for the Prevention of Torture (KuPP).

"The concept of inclusive and plenary protection is to strengthen not only the presence of the government but the presence of the state in protecting citizens", said Moeldoko when receiving a KuPP audience at the Bina Graha Building, Jakarta, Friday, according to a press release received by Antara, Friday, April 16.

Accompanied by Deputy V of the Presidential Chief of Staff, Jaleswari Pramodawardhani, and the Chief Experts of Deputy V, Moeldoko also said that the presence of the state in protecting citizens is a constitutional mandate that is the President's priority, inclusively and completely.

This means, he said, every citizen with whatever social background, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups, must get protection based on their inherent rights.

"So we fully support the independence of the KuPP in carrying out its mandate to assist the government and society in order to raise awareness about the concept of inclusive and plenary protection", said Moeldoko.

Not only that, Moeldoko said, the President hopes that the five independent state institutions that are members of the KuPP can strengthen their capacity and reputation so that they can become a model and reference for human rights performance and governance or governance performance, both in the ASEAN Region, between regions such as the Cooperation Organization Islam and even the international world.

Thus, these institutions can strengthen Indonesia's modalities to become a leading country by 2045.

The five state institutions in question include the National Human Rights Commission, the National Commission on Violence Against Women, the Indonesian Child Protection Commission, the Witness and Victim Protection Agency, and the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia.

On that occasion, the Chairman of National Human Rights Commission Ahmad Taufan Damanik observed that there were still rampant cases of violence in the detention room.

From the existing problems, Taufan encouraged the reform of the system to become a shared awareness, so that accelerated changes would occur.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the National Commission on Violence against Women Andy Yentriyani revealed that violence against women has increased sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, Andy said that the handling of this violence by the National Commission on Violence against Women was still concentrated in Java, due to the limited number of staff.

"Not to mention the problem of trafficking, drugs, mental disorders. This requires a fairly large recovery room, hospital infrastructure improvements, to psychiatric homes", said Andy explained.

Meanwhile, the Chairperson of the Indonesian Child Protection Commission Susanto underlined the matter of mental disabilities in pandemic situations. Susanto assessed the need for an adequate Mental Hospital.

"Because there are six provinces that do not have Mental Hospital", said Susanto.