Indonesia Must Pioneer the Rohingya Humanitarian Intervention

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - Setara Institute Chairman Hendardi said Indonesia should pioneer humanitarian intervention to save its Rohing from the threat of genocide.

"The Crisis of Rohingyas is a humanitarian tragedy that ethically and politically demands the international community to intervene in humanity." ASEAN countries can not hide behind the principle of respecting Myanmar's sovereignty over this tragedy, "Hendardi said in a press release received by the Editor on Saturday (2/9). / 2017)

He said the international alienation of the Rohingyas was strongly believed to have the political motivation of the region's economy, so Aun San Su Kyi continued to gain political protection, as no potential and accommodating substitute regime had guarded the interests of a number of countries with strong interests.

However, the Rohingya crisis is more of a bigger crisis fueled by the domestic political dynamics of Myanmar. Thus, the potential for security disturbances to the region will not spread as the spread of ISIS ideological groups.

Domestic and regional security disturbances are increasingly the asylum seeker / seeker of asylum to Indonesia and a number of other areas. Asylum seekers are a problem of human security and the obligation of states to seek the best resolution for Rohingyas.

In addition to ethically the Indonesian government should behave, politically, the government should also anticipate the groups of people who capitalize this issue for domestic political interests.

He said religious populism would have a firm place in the midst of a humanitarian crisis of this kind, let alone the actors involved in the crisis, differing diameterally in matters of religion and ethnicity. The dual discrimination and allegations of genocide on the basis of religion and ethnicity experienced by Rohingyas are likely to garner public solidarity and support. If the government does not take political steps, the potential for social tensions in the country is also quite high.

According to him, the indication of the involvement of the Myanmar army is evidence that the violence was pioneered by the state. In addition to humanitarian intervention, Myanmar's advocacy is also very likely to be questioned within the framework of universal crime, since genocide is one of international crimes that includes the International Criminal Court's (ICC) absolute competence with international jurisdiction.

"In the name of humanity, the Indonesian government should be the pioneer of Rohingya handling," he said.