JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) M Isnur responded to the satire of the Main Expert of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Ali Mochtar Ngabalin who asked his party to open his eyes and heart in assessing the government of President Joko Widodo.
Isnur emphasized that YLBHI and LBH Yogyakarta have been providing assistance to residents of Wadas Village, Bener District, Purworejo, Central Java. On that basis, his party can see the case of Wadas in its entirety.
"It's precisely because YLBHI-LBH Yogyakarta have been accompanying us all this time, so we can fully assess it," Isnur said when confirmed, Monday, February 14.
In fact, Isnur said, KSP staff also went through YLBHI to see the events in Wadas. "Yesterday, the KSP staff went in there after a few days, the contact went through us and we allowed it," he said.
Despite the important role of the Purworejo Regent in the polemic of the case in Wadas Village, according to YLBHI, the central government cannot stand idly by.
"All must be held accountable according to their respective roles. Because the fulfillment, respect, and enforcement of human rights is the responsibility of the state and especially the government," he said.
"What is clear is that Pak Jokowi as the head of government is the most responsible for human rights according to the constitution," added Isnur.
Previously, the Main Expert Staff of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Ali Mochtar Ngabalin, opened his voice about posting an image containing a photo of Indonesian President Joko Widodo and President Suharto side by side on the Instagram account of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI).
He considered YLBHI's post which saw the Wadas case and equated President Suharto with President Jokowi as a very tendentious attitude.
Ngabalin asked YLBHI to open his eyes and heart in assessing the government of Indonesian President Joko Widodo. According to him, this foundation must go directly to the field to find out the facts.
"If the Foundation is truly a non-profit and fights for the interests of the community, they must step down, so they know," said Ngabalin to reporters, Monday, February 14.
Ngabalin then questioned whether YLBHI had given an assessment during the Soeharto era as a comparison.
"It's all bad or isn't there a bit of good that Pak Harto has done? Or tell him to open his eyes and heart to assess the performance of the government led by President Jokowi," said Ngabalin.
According to Ngabalin, YLBHI and related parties who have discredited President Jokowi should have been more objective and clear in their thinking and narrating the government. Does Jokowi's government have anything in common with the New Order government in the era of President Soeharto? Mainly addressing the incident in Wadas, Purworejo, Central Java.
"If he compares the Wadas case with Jokowi and Suharto, two things may be that they don't know and don't get to the field. Because as of today, the KSP team formed by Mr. Moeldoko is still in the field. So he must know exactly what is happening on the ground. So that this Foundation does not become a source of slander!," said Ngabalin.
In the case of Wadas in Purworejo Regency, Ngabalin assesses the importance of the role of the local government in this case the Regent of Purworejo who is in his area and is most responsible for the Wadas case.
"In the case of Wadas, he put Jokowi and Pak Harto on a par, ask him, he must find out who the Regent there is, in Purworejo who is. It's too bad that the Regent can't function to handle this problem. Meanwhile, the Regent has the highest authority there," said Ngabalin. .
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