The government has decided not to repatriate people from Indonesia who are considered to be involved in the Islamic State group.
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The government has decided not to repatriate people from Indonesia who are considered to be involved in the Islamic State group.This decisive step was taken as an effort to provide security to all the people of Indonesia – home to 267 million people – because the government considered them foreign terrorist fighters.
Nevertheless, the government is still paying attention to the human aspect, as it will consider the possibility of repatriating children under the age of 10 or those who were orphaned. This is in line with the call of the United Nations Security Council.
The decision of the meeting presided over by President Joko Widodo and Vice President Ma\'ruf Amin at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Feb. 11, 2020, at the same time defused public debate regarding the discourse of the return of 689 Indonesian citizens residing in Syria, Turkey and several other countries.
The most important thing is that this government decision shows a strong signal to all elements of the nation. First, it firmly rejects terrorism in its various forms. Second, it is about upholding citizenship status law.
Law No. 5/2018 defines terrorism as an act that uses violence or threats of violence, which creates an atmosphere of terror or widespread fear, which can result in victims or cause damage or destruction to vital strategic objects, the environment, public facilities or international facilities with an ideological motive, politics or security.
The IS group to date is considered by the United Nations Security Council is considered as the center of the threat of transnational terrorism despite it having lost its last stronghold in Syria and Iraq and its leaders.
With regard to citizenship status, the 1945 Constitution clearly regulates rights and obligations equally. Article 27 (1) states, "All citizens are at the same position in law and government and are obliged to uphold the law and government without exception."
The law also regulates loyalty to the state, namely swearing and promising to release all loyalty to foreign powers, recognize, abide by, and be loyal to the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, Pancasila, and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.
An Indonesian citizen will also lose their citizenship if they join a foreign army service without prior permission from the President; or voluntarily take an oath or declare a pledge of loyalty to a foreign country or part of that foreign country (Article 23).
The decision has been made. Next, steps that are based on humanitarian and careful principles need to be taken in an integrated manner by looking at each case one by one.