Forum urges Government Traffic Stop Religious Violence

Jakarta
Interfaith Dialogue Forum urged the government to solve cases of violence that hit an activist of the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) Tama Langkun Satya.

"The main pillar of democracy activists and cultural development in the future," said Director of the Centre for Dialogue and Cooperation Amang Civilization (CDCC) Abdul Mu'ti in Jakarta, Monday.

According Mu'ti, acts of violence against activists often repeated because of lack of completion in the handle apparatus.

"Munir's case until now there has been no concrete answer, violence against religious communities often happens," said Mu'ti.

Responding to the statement by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) when membezuk Tama S Langkun Asri Hospital in South Jakarta, that cases of violence against the activists to be stopped. Anticorruption movement must keep running. "Revelation is not only the discourse. As Head of State, the President had ordered the Police to immediately sort out cases of Tama and legally process all parties involved," he asserted.

Fr Benny Susetyo reveal, cases of violence in Indonesia tends to increase. Its victims quite a lot and come from various professions and backgrounds, both human rights activists, anti-corruption movement as well as religious groups.

"All of it should be stopped if the country did not want to called thugs," This happened three years katanya.Dalam 315 cases of violence in Indonesia override religious groups, and other anticorruption activists.

"Strangely, government officials seemed to hush the case continues. If the authorities act quickly and swiftly, cases like Munir and Tama will not happen," he said.

Meanwhile, World Vision Indonesia Trihadi of states, cases of corruption is a human rights abuse at the same time robs the poor.

"If there is no corruption, then their fate or government funds for empowerment of the poor will be even greater. Unfortunately, these funds continue undermined by corruption so that they are deprived of their rights as it is now," he said.

Therefore, according Trihadi, there was no reason for law enforcement agencies do not take action against the criminals while protecting the anti-corruption activist.

"The government should thank the anti-corruption activists, because they had run the state duties in overseeing the budget. It is not the opposite, hostile and attacked the activists," he said. (analisadaily.com)