Keep the Soldier Away
Seemingly at odds with the existing laws, the government regulation on the involvement of the military in dealing with terrorism has sparked criticism. Terrorism should be a criminal offense, not a political, yet alone an ideological, crime.
Tempo
June 9, 2020
THE involvement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in the eradication of terrorism is a betrayal of the principle of civil supremacy. More than just a threat to the authority of the Constitution, an erosion of the integrity of national laws and a danger to public freedoms, the involvement of the military in terrorism investigations would ‘promote’ terrorists from the criminal offenses they commit. In the hands of the military, terrorism
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