BEM-UI issued an attitude statement on the dissolution of FPI



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ILLUSTRATION. TNI-Polri troops were fully clothed as they tried to downgrade the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in the Petamburan area,

Source: Kompas.com | Editor: Yudho Winarto |

KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. The Executive Board of Students of the University of Indonesia (BEM-UI) issued a statement on the dissolution of the Front of Islamic Defenders (FPI) as a community organization (ormas) by the government without going through a judicial process.

In a statement published on Sunday (1/3/2021), BEM UI highlighted the sixth Ministerial Decree used to dissolve the FPI in reference to the latest Ormas Law (Law Number 16 of 2017) that has effectively eliminated the judicial mechanism in dissolution of mass organizations.

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These are some of the points of the BEM UI position:

– Urging the country to repeal the SKB on Prohibition of Activities, Use of Symbols and Attributes and Termination of FPI Activities and Police Information on Compliance with Prohibition of Activities, Use of Symbols and Attributes, and Termination of FPI Activities;

– Condemn all acts of dissolution of social organizations by the State without a judicial process as established by the Ormas Law;

– Condemn the suppression of democracy and attempts to violate human rights as part of the principles of the rule of law;

– Urge the state, in this case the government, not to use repressive and arbitrary methods in the future; and

– Encourage the community to participate in monitoring the implementation of the principles of the rule of law, especially the protection of human rights and the guarantee of democracy by the State.

BEM UI also brought up the issue of Police Chief’s Statement No 1 / Mak / I / 2021 which it was feared could be a justification for silencing expressions.

“This rule is much more problematic because point 2d contains the prohibition of accessing, uploading and disseminating FPI-related content through websites and social networks. In fact, access to Internet content is part of the guaranteed right to information. by the provisions of Article 28F of the 1945 Constitution and Article 14 of the Human Rights Law, ”the statement said.

“The Decree of the Chief of the National Police a quo, of course, will be used as law enforcement officers to carry out repressive and silencing actions, especially in the electronic sphere,” the BEM UI statement continued.

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