[nasional_list] [ppiindia] TNI criticized over antiterror desks policy
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TNI criticized over antiterror desks policy
Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
An order from the military leadership to all 11 regional military commands to
set up special counterterrorism desks has been criticized by right activists
concerned the move could lead to the stifling of government critics.
People are still traumatized by rights violations during the repressive New
Order regime, Usman Hamid, coordinator of the National Commission for Missing
Persons and Victims of the Violence, said on Tuesday.
He warned that the repression of the New Order was being revived in the name of
"counterterrorism".
Following a series of deadly terrorist attacks in the country, including the
Oct. 1 bombings in Bali, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono instructed the
Indonesian Military (TNI) to take an active role in the fight against
terrorism.
That order is now being implemented in the creation of special antiterrorism
teams at each of the TNI's 11 regional military commands -- a move that comes
after remarks by TNI chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto concerning the reactivation
of the TNI's much criticized territorial role.
During the New Order, the military's territorial role helped former president
Soeharto silence his critics and political opponents.
Endriartono also ordered the reactivation of the military's intelligence unit
at the village level, with the unit comprising noncommissioned officers, known
as Babinsa, who would work within communities to help the police fight
terrorism.
He said "communication between civilians and the intelligence community was
severed during the reform years", which saw the transfer of domestic security
to the police.
Usman said the revival of the TNI's territorial role was just an excuse for the
military's failure to provide security for the state.
He said that looking at existing regulations, the role of the TNI and its
intelligence units in helping to combat terrorism was clear: to support the
police.
"There is no need to revive the territorial role (of the TNI)," he said.
During her tenure, president Megawati Soekarnoputri issued a decree on the role
of the National Intelligence Agency in coordinating among all institutions
dealing with security issue, "but as of today, there has never been an
evaluation to examine whether the agency has been able to carry out the job",
Usman said.
"There is no reason to say the Indonesian people do not support the
government's efforts to fight terrorism. What the government has to do is
evaluate its own performance, instead of issuing so many controversial
policies," he said.
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