Eva Bande Resmi Dapatkan Grasi dari Presiden Joko Widodo
Indonesia`s Widodo Grants Clemency for Eva Bande, a Human Rights Activist
Reporter : Rusdi Kamal
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Bertepatan dengan Peringatan Hari Ibu 2014, pada Senin (22/12), Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi) resmi memberikan grasi kepada aktivis perempuan Eva Susanti Bande, yang dihukum oleh Pengadilan Negeri Luwuk, Sulawesi Tengah, selama 4 (empat) tahun karena memperjuangkan hak tanah rakyat.
Keputusan pemberian grasi itu secara resmi diumumkan oleh Presiden Jokowi saat menghadiri peringatan Hari Ibu 2014 yang juga dihadiri oleh Eva Susanti Bande, di GOR Ciracas, Jakarta Timur, Senin (22/12).
"Hari ini resmi saya berikan grasi karena saya tahu yang diperjuang oleh Ibu Eva adalah hak-hak rakyat, yang berkaitan dengan tanah,” kata Jokowi.
Presiden meminta agar kasus yang dialami oleh Eva Susanti Bande, yang memperjuangkan hak-hak tanah rakyat namun harus mendekam di bui.
“Saya kira hal-hal seperti inilah yang harus terus kita perjuangkan, jangan sampai ada lagi aktivis-aktivis perempuan yang memperjuangkan hak-haknya, yang memperjuangkan hak-hak rakyat justru malah akhirnya masuk ke tahanan. Jangan ada lagi hal seperti itu lagi,” pintanya.
Sebelumnya saat menghadiri hari Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) di Yogya pada Selasa (9/12) lalu, Presiden Jokowi sudah menyampaikan sikapnya untuk memberikan grasi kepada Eva Susanti Bande.
Jokowi mengaku, ia telah menerima permohonan grasi Eva Susanti beberapa waktu lalu. Setelah mempelajari permohonan tersebut, Jokowi memutuskan untuk memberikan grasi pada Eva.
“Pada peringatan Hari Ibu, saudari Eva semoga sudah bebas dan bisa kembali kumpul dengan suami dan putra-putrinya,” kata Jokowi saat itu.
Hak Tanah
Eva Bande ditangkap Kamis, 15 Mei 2014, di Kecamatan Banguntapan, Bantul, Yogyakarta. Perempuan asli Luwuk, Kabupaten Banggai ini, ditangkap orang-orang dari tim Kejaksaan Negeri Luwuk bekerja sama dengan tim dari Kejaksaan Agung.
Eva merupakan aktivis perempuan pejuang agraria. Ia memimpin Front Rakyat Advokasi Sawit Sulawesi Tengah, sebuah organisasi rakyat yang memperjuangkan hak-hak petani untuk mendapatkan tanah yang dirampas oleh pemilik modal. Karena aktivitas inilah Eva Bande ditangkap. Ia dianggap melanggar hukum karena memimpin perjuangan petani melawan perusahaan sawit PT. KLS di Desa Piondo, Kecamatan Toili.
Mahkamah Agung (MA) dalam putusan kasasinya pada 12 April 2013 memutuskan vonis 4 (empat) tahun penjara bagi Eca, sesusai putusan Pengadilan Tinggi Sulteng Februari 2011 dan putusan PN Luwuk November 2010.
Eva dituduh melakukan tindak pidana sebagaimana diatur dalam Pasal 160 Jo. Pasal 55 ayat (1) ke-1 KUHP. Atas putusan Kasasi tersebut, Eva sedang mengajukan permohonan Peninjauan Kembali dengan Register Perkara No.: 03/PID.PK/2014/PN.Lwk tertanggal 21 Agustus 2014, seperti dilansir Sekretariat Kabinet.
Jakarta (B2B) - In conjunction with the celebration of Mother’s Day 2014 on Monday (22/12), President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially granted clemency to female activist Eva Susanti Bande who was previously sentenced by Luwuk District Court, Central Sulawesi, to four years in prison because she had been fighting for people’s rights to land.
The decision to grant the clemency was officially announced by President Jokowi when he was attending the celebration of Mother’s Day 2014 at Ciracas Sports Stadium, East Jakarta, on Monday (22/12). The celebration was also attended by Eva Susanti Bande.
“Today, I officially grant the clemency because I know that what Madam Eva is fighting for is people’s rights to land,” President Widodo said.
He called everyone’s attention to the case which is faced by Eva Susanti Bande who was fighting for people’s rights to land but then had to go to prison.
“In my opinion, this is what we have to fight for continually. Never let female activists who fight for their rights, who fight for people’s rights, finally have to go to prison. Never let this incident take place again,” he demanded.
Previously, when he attended the celebration of Human Rights Day in Yogyakarta on Tuesday (9/12), President Jokowi already expressed his firm intention to grant clemency to Eva Susanti Bande.
President Jokowi admitted that he had received Eva Susanti Bande’s request for clemency previously. After due consideration of her request, President Jokowi decided to grant clemency to Eva.
“In the celebration of Mother’s Day 2014, Madam Eva should be already free and can join her husband and children,” President Jokowi said at that time.
Rights to Land
Eva Bande was arrested on Thurday, 15 May 2014 in Banguntapan subdistrict, Bantul district, Yogyakarta province. The woman who is native of Luwuk, Banggai Regency, was arrested by the team from Luwuk District Attorney’s Office in collaboration with the team from the Attorney General’s Office.
Eva is a female activist whose struggle mainly concerns agrarian affairs. She leads Central Sulawesi People’s Oil-Palm Advocacy Group, a grass-roots organization which fights for farmers’ rights to regain their land seized forcefully by capital owners. Because of her activities, Eva Bande was arrested. She was considered to have violated law because she led farmers to fight against PT KLS, a palm oil company, in Piondo Village, Toili Sub-district.
The Supreme Court (MA) in its decision on 12 April 2013 sentenced Eva to four years in prison, in accordance with the decision of Central Sulawesi Appellate Court in February 2011 and the decision of Luwuk District Court in November 2010.
Eva was charged with committing crime as stipulated in Article 160 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of Indonesia’s Penal Code (KUHP). Against the Supreme Court’s decision, Eva then filed for a judicial review which was registered as case number 03/PID.PK/2014/PN.Lwk dated 21 August 2014.
