Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-16-Speech-4-165"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Indonesia (Moluccas/Aceh)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020516.8.4-165"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-16-Speech-4-1662
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"No person, or state, can simply shake off its own past. This also applies to the Republic of Indonesia. To this day, its struggle for independence is making itself felt in national politics. Parties continue to employ the tried and tested guerrilla tactics. Physical force is used as a big stick. According to Western standards, this is an insurmountable obstacle for a constitutional state. It gets even worse when prominent politicians maintain close ties with extremist groups. The attitude of the Indonesian Vice-President, Mr Hamzah Haz, only adds fuel to the religious fire of the Moluccas. According to Mr Haz himself, he endeavours via the parliamentary route to set up a sharia state in the archipelago. His personal contacts with leaders of the Laskar Jihad, however, are more symptomatic of a double political agenda. This provocative attitude places a time bomb under the Malino II agreement. This is why we would ask the Council and the Commission once again to urge the government in Jakarta quite emphatically to promote this difficult peace process to the best of its ability. This requires firm government action against all agitators, irrespective of their religious affiliations. The Indonesian army plays a crucial role in this respect. Sadly, there is sufficient evidence that certain sections of this force fan the political and religious contrasts in the country's large problem areas in favour of its own position of power, its own economic interests and the ideology of the rigid unified state. Vigorous European support for the moderate, right-minded wings in the army, which certainly exist, is very much what is required. No mean task for the Council and the Commission, in fact. Just as deserving of this support are the spokespersons of Papua's indigenous population. Like their fellow citizens, they are extremely shocked about the findings of the National Inquiry Committee into the assassination of Papua leader, Mr Theys Hiyo Eluay, on 10 November 2001. The Committee refers to it as a criminal case. The Papua leaders and the population think differently. In their view, this is a downright political assassination. In a joint letter of yesterday, they therefore urge the President, Mrs Megawati Sukarnoputri, to mount a truly independent inquiry. In Paragraph 10 of this resolution, the EP unreservedly endorses this justified request. We call on the Council and the Commission to do the same as a matter of urgency. For the sake of internal peace and the archipelago's unity as a state."@en1

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