2023-05-03 14:44:12
Merdeka.com – It has been 24 years since the mass shooting incident at the KKA intersection, North Aceh, has passed. Until now, this tragedy is still remembered as one of the past cases of gross human rights violations in Aceh that have not yet been resolved.
The incident, better known as the KKA Intersection Tragedy, occurred on May 3, 1999.
Coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) Aceh, Azharul Husna, said that the lack of fulfillment of the rights of victims and families of victims of the Simpang KKA incident for 24 years is a form of negligence and neglect by the state.
Even though Presidential Decree No. 17 of 2022 was issued concerning the Establishment of a Team for the Non-Judicial Resolution of Past Serious Violations of Human Rights, this team only worked for three months.
Not long following, the central government once more issued Presidential Instruction Number 2 of 2023 concerning Implementation of Recommendations for the Non-Judicial Resolution of Serious Human Rights Violations.
“Is the promise of recovery through Presidential Instruction 2/2023 too late? Being late is one thing, being serious is the most important thing. Don’t let the recovery of victims just go from Perpres to Perpres without any real action,” said Azharul Husna to merdeka.com, Wednesday (3/ 5).
Husna said, President Joko Widodo’s statement stated that the Presidential Decree was one of the things to prevent gross human rights violations from happening once more. However, this actually reaps irregularities in practice.
“If these gross violations of human rights are not resolved fairly, one of which is not revealing the truth and never having a deterrent effect for the perpetrators, then this suspicion is strong that impunity will be perpetuated, so that human rights violations will continue to occur because they have never been completely resolved,” he said. Husna.
On the other hand, KontraS Aceh also urges the Government of Indonesia to look at the uniqueness of Aceh, especially the existence of the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), as a recognized non-judicial settlement mechanism.
“Harmonization regarding recovery, including budget allocations in ministries, institutions and regional governments for recovery as in Presidential Instruction No. 2 of 2023 should not only be for the 12 cases of past human rights violations mentioned in the Presidential Decree, but also for victims of human rights violations whose statements have been taken by KKR Aceh,” he said.
Without a comprehensive resolution, said Husna, promises of efforts to recover victims will only reap latent problems in the future, moreover victims in many cases of gross human rights violations in Aceh have not had their rights fulfilled.
“The 24th anniversary of the Simpang KKA tragedy should be a reminder that victims are still struggling for a just and dignified settlement of past human rights violations, not just half-heartedly,” he concluded.
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