Content:

* Papernas Congress ’attacked en masse’ by Anti-
Communist Front

* Papernas to sue police for obstructing congress

* Papernas questions why police are obstructing
congress

For background info and archived reports on
Papernas check out [on ESSF website or]:
asia-pacific-action.org
/southeastasia/indonesia/papernas/papernas.htm

Translated by James Balowski.

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 Papernas Congress ’attacked en masse’ by Anti- Communist Front

Detik.com - January 19, 2007

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta — The Yogyakarta Anti-
Communist Front (FAKI) has made good their threat to
’attack en masse’ the National Liberation Party of
Unity (Papernas) Congress saying that if it is not
closed by 9pm then FAKI will break it up by force.

The FAKI group of some 100 people arrived at the
congress site at the Wisma Sejahtera Building in
Kaliurang in the Sleman regency of Yogyakarta,
Central Java, on Friday January 19 at 3pm.

They demanded that the congress be canceled because
it did not have a permit and was taking up Marxist
and communist ideas. The group was unable to
approach the congress however because they were held
back by officers from the Sleman district police
around 100 meters north of the site.

After holding negotiations with Sleman Police Chief
Idris Kadir, an agreement was reached that
representatives of the group could meet with the
congress organising committee. The rest of the FAKI
group meanwhile would remain behind police lines.

During the negotiations with police, they group
shouted “Destroy the communists, crush Papernas”.
Erected in front of the group was a banner with the
writing "FAKI, the communists rise up, wipe out and
crush“,”Uphold Law No. 27/1999 on Marxism-Communism
in Indonesia"(1).

Some of the group wore black T-shirts with a red-
and-white flag on the chest and FAKI written on the
back. They also brought FAKI flags.

Burhanuddin, one of the action coordinators,
declared that they wanted to break up the Papernas
Congress because it is taking up ideas of Marxism
and communism that is against the law so it must be
disbanded. "As a generation of youth, they are being
used by people who have a communist ideology", said
Burhanuddin.

After negotiations with police, an agreement was
finally reached that four FAKI representatives would
meet with four Papernas representatives at the
Brotoseno Villa located alongside the Wisma
Sejahtera.

At the meeting, the FAKI persisted in asking
Papernas to close the congress. They were received
by Congress committee members such as Dita Indah
Sari, Lukman Hakim and Agus Priyono. The FAKI
representatives repeatedly pointed out to Dita that
she should be aware that she is being used by and
had become a communist lackey.

At the end of the meeting, the FAKI group issued an
ultimatum that the Papernas Congress must close by
9pm. If not, they would break it up by force.
(nrl/sss)

Notes:

1. Law No. 27/1999 is a revision to the Criminal
Code that codifies Provisional People’s Consultative
Assembly (MPRS) Decree Number XXXV/1996 on the
Dissolution of the Indonesian Communist Party and
Prohibitions on Marxist, Leninist and Communist
Teachings.

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 Papernas to sue police for obstructing congress

Detik.com - January 19, 2007

Bagus Kurniawan, Sleman — The National Liberation
Party of Unity (Papernas) plans to sue the national
police for obstructing the issuance of a permit for
their congress. The situation at the congress
meanwhile remained full of uncertainty.

"We will sue the Yogyakarta regional police chief
and the chief of the national police who have
obstructed the issuing of the permit. There is
clearly a hidden political agenda to obstruct
ordinary people who want to organise and gather.
Whereas this is guaranteed under the Constitution",
said congress committee member Dita Indah Sari.

Dita made the statement at the congress site at the
Wisma Sejahtera Building in Kaliurang in the Sleman
regency of Yogyakarta, Central Java, on Friday
January 19. Dita said she deplored the planned
anarchic action to obstruct the congress in the name
of religion or groups such the Yogyakarta Anti-
Communist Front (FAKI).

Meanwhile the Pakem sub-district coordinating body
(Muspika), officials from the Hargobinangun village
and Sleman Regional House of Representatives Member
Farchan Hariem arrived to meet with the committee. A
member of the Hargobinangun village representative
body, Bejo Wiryono, expressed the hope that the
situation in Kaliurang would remain ’conducive’.

This was because on January 20-21 residents will
commemorate the 1^st night of Muharram (first month
of the Muslim new year) by holding a traditional
Merti Buki ceremony. Wiryono said that he was
worried that is something undesirable happened local
residents would be upset.

As of 2.30pm, congress participants were still
gathered at the Wisma Sejahtera although there were
no activities taking place. In anticipation of an
attack, several older participants had already been
evacuated.

Scores of Sleman district police were on guard in
the Kaliurang area. Prior to Friday prayers, police
also asked a number of roadside stalls near the
conference site to close. (fay/nrl)

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 Papernas questions why police are obstructing congress

Detik.com - January 19, 2007

Bagus Kurniawan, Sleman — The National Liberation
Party of Unity (Papernas) Congress has been unable
to start because the national police have failed to
issue a permit. The congress organising committee is
questioning why the police are making things
difficult for them.

"We’ve fulfilled all of the requirements. Why
however are [the police] making it difficult for us.
[Former General] Wiranto also wants to have a party.
Us too, we also want to have a party", said congress
committee member Dita Indah Sari.

This was conveyed by the labour activist that was
once a political prisoner at the congress site at
the Wisma Sejahtera Building in Kaliurang in the
Sleman regency of Yogyakarta, Central Java, on
Friday January 19.

Speaking with Detik.com meanwhile, Papernas
secretary general Lukman Hakim said that the
organising committee would continue to ask the
national police to issue a permit for the congress.
However they believe that it is becoming
increasingly complicated.

By way of example, he said that the committee had
been asked to redo the permit application and to
provide an explanation on a number of congress
sessions. The committee was even asked to remove a
banner and other party paraphernalia from the
congress site.

In addition to this, police also asked them to
clarify the “Three Banners of the Party” that were
included in the permit request. The "Three Banners
of the Party" [The Three Banners of National Unity -
JB] are abolishing the foreign debt, nationalising
the mining industry and building the national
industry for the welfare of the people.

The Papernas Congress was to have taken place on
January 18-21. Aside from encountering problem’s
from the national police, congress participants have
also been haunted by worries that there would be an
attack by the Yogyakarta Anti-Communist Front
(FAKI). (fay/sss)

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