We, the undersigned, express our concern regarding the deteriorating state of democracy in Indonesia. This is reflected in the increasing militarization and the growing involvement of the Indonesian military in the country’s social, economic, and political spheres. The resurgence of militarism is taking place under the presidency of Prabowo Subianto, a former member of Soeharto’s New Order Military Regime. Prabowo Subianto bears responsibility for multiple gross human rights violations, including in East Timor, during Soeharto’s New Order Military Regime. To this day, Prabowo has not been brought before any court of law.
For 32 years, Indonesia was ruled by the bloody military regime of the New Order–a regime built on massacres, rape, and the dispossession of millions of Indonesians. Under its authority, crimes against humanity occurred on a massive scale, and the people of Indonesia were plunged into misery due to foreign debt and rampant corruption by state officials. It must also be remembered that Soeharto’s New Order Military Regime was backed by Western imperialist powers: the United States, Western Europe, and Japan.
The Reformasi 1998 movement was the people’s struggle to overthrow the Soeharto dictatorship and open democratic space. However, the Indonesian military has continuously sought to reclaim power, aided by political elites who lack any genuine commitment to democracy and have betrayed the spirit of Reformasi 1998.\
We support the Five Demands of Indonesian Workers and People as follows: 1. Repeal All Anti-democratic, Anti-people Laws (TNI Law, Police Law Revision, Code of Criminal Procedure Revision, etc.); 2. Arrest, Put on Trials, and Imprison all Generals and Military Officers Who Abused Human Rights; 3. Disband all Military Territorial Commands; 4. Defund defense ministry, state police, supreme court, and national intelligence agency! Appropriate all military Business Assets! For health, education, and subsidies for the people! and 5. No military in campus, factories, and villages! No military interference to civic affairs! Military, Back to barracks!
We, the undersigned, therefore demand:
- Cut All Ties With the Indonesian Military.
- Arrest and prosecute Prabowo Subianto in an international court for crimes against humanity.
Organization:
- Socialist Union (Perserikatan Sosialis) Indonesia. www.arahjuang.com
- Socialist Youth Organization (Organisasi Kaum Muda Sosialis) Indonesia
- Partido Lakas ng Masa, Philippine
- Angkatan Kesatuan Siswa Sosialis (AKSI), Malaysia
- Parti Sosialis Malaysia. https://partisosialis.org/
- Partido Manggagawa, Philippine
- GegarAmerika (GEGAR), Malaysia. GEGAR.org
- Socialist Alternative, Malaysia. https://sosialisalternatif.org/
- Socialist Workers Party, Britain. www.swp.org.uk
- Workers’ Solidarity, South Korea. https://ws.or.kr
- Melbourne Bergerak, Australia. https://linktr.ee/Melbergerak
Individual:
- Zaini Hasyim, South Korea
- Brian Khow, Malaysia
- Lucie, Malaysia
- Charlie, Australia
- David Karvala, Member of Marx21.net, Spanish State
- Alma, Anakbayan, Australia.
- Qory Dellasera, Australia
- Fariha Jahan, Bangladesh
- Jackie. National Tertiary Education Union, Australia.
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