Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday launched a program aimed at resolving past human rights abuses across the nation and providing restitution to victims through non-judicial means.
Widodo launched the program to implement recommendations of non-judicial settlements in the Pidie regency of Aceh Province, the first area where the program was launched, the Presidential Secretariat Office said.
“This is an effort to heal the wounds of the nation due to past gross human rights violations, which have left a heavy burden on the victims and their families,” the president stated on Twitter.
Widodo said this showed his administration’s commitment to preventing similar abuses in the future. He assured that the government would not negate the judicial mechanism despite taking a non-judicial approach….