Greenpeace up to now had not yet registered as a mass organization as required by Law No. 8/ 1995. The regional government of Jakarta, in this case the Kesbangpol (political affairs) unit has never received registration application of the NetherlandsJakarta (ANTARA News) - A legislator urged the government on Wednesday to expel Greenpeace from Indonesia if the non-governmental organization`s activities in the country breached the law.
"The government has the authority and right to expel Greenpeace. It should just expel them if it has clear data," Effendy Choirie of the House of Representatives (DPR)`s Commission I on foreign affairs, said at a discussion on foreign non-governmental organizations here on Wednesday.
He said that if the government really had complete data on the dishonest activities and violations of the law committed by Greenpeace, then the only thing that the government could do was to expel them.
Effendy said his commission in the House would summon the NGO if there were indications on its violations against the law.
He said that Greenpeace up to now had not yet registered as a mass organization as required by Law No. 8/ 1995. The regional government of Jakarta, in this case the Kesbangpol (political affairs) unit has never received registration application of the Netherlands-based Greenpeace.
In the meantime, intelligence analyst Wawan Purwanto said that the NGO in the environment sector in its activities always put pressures but applied double standards. It has the economic agenda.
"The nature of its demonstrations is exerting pressures and if it continues to carry out such activities it would pose serious danger," he said.
He said that Greenpeace had never put the same pressures on PT Freeport and PT Newmont. "This is clearly seen if Greenpeace has double standard campaigns," he said.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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