KPU Pertimbangkan Isu HAM Masuk Materi Debat Capres-Cawapres
ID General Elections Commission Considers Inclusion of Human Rights Issues in Presidential Debate
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Isu Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) sedang dipertimbangkan oleh Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) untuk masuk dalam materi debat capres-cawapres, sesuai dengan permintaan Komisi Nasional HAM.
"Kami tadi menerima kedatangan Komnas HAM, mereka meminta supaya KPU memasukkan isu HAM dalam debat capres-cawapres nanti. Tentu kami mempertimbangkan itu bisa masuk dalam materi debat," kata Komisioner Hadar Nafis Gumay di Jakarta, Kamis malam.
Ketua Komnas HAM Hafid Abbas berharap dengan adanya isu HAM nantinya capres-cawapres terpilih dapat berkomitmen mewujudkan keadilan HAM bagi bangsa Indonesia.
"Bangsa harus menjaga hak setiap warga negaranya, tanpa keadilan HAM, kita sebagai bangsa akan semakin meredup," kata Hafid.
Anggota Komnas HAM Otto Nur Abdullah juga mengatakan hal senada bahwa isu HAM penting untuk disertakan dalam debat capres-cawapres agar masyarakat mengetahui komitmen dari masing-masing pasangan calon.
"Masyarakat perlu mengetahui bagaimana komitmen capres-cawapres dalam menjaga keadilan HAM. Tidak hanya menyelesaikan kasus-kasus yang telah terjadi, tetapi bagaimana calon pemimpin kita menjaga keadilan HAM dalam waktu yang akan datang," katanya.
Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian General Elections Commission (KPU) is contemplating to include human rights issues in the presidential and vice presidential candidates debate in the run up to the July 9 election.
"We have just received the National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) officials who requested the KPU to include human rights issues in the debate of the presidential and vice presidential candidates," KPU Commissioner Hadar Nafis Gumay stated here on Thursday evening.
Meanwhile, Komnas HAM Chairman Hafid Abbas emphasized that by including human rights issues in the debate, the elected president and vice president are expected to uphold human rights and justice in Indonesia.
"The state must defend the rights of every individual because without the justice of human rights, the future of this nation will increasingly dim," Abbas pointed out.
Another Komnas HAM member, Otto Nur Abdullah, also supported the inclusion of human rights issues in the presidential debate, so that the people at large can gain a better understanding about the commitment of presidential and vice presidential candidates to uphold human rights and justice.
"The people at large need to know how the presidential and vice presidential candidates, when elected, will uphold human rights and defend the rights of ordinary people," Abdullah stressed.
