Jimly Asshiddiqie: This nation should not be caught up in avenging past history"
March 2, 2004
THE republic is at a historical crossroad. Certain members of the New Order regime may not be on the run, but their repressive and discriminative rules are, one by one, being ripped to shreds. Last week, the Constitutional Court revoked the ban on former members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) from running in the general elections. This is a truly historical revision, a legal decision aimed at restoring the political rights of people
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