Conscription (wajib militer)
Conscription is compulsory for
citizen aged between 18-27 years to become soldiers and follow a military
education with a view to improve discipline, courage, self-reliance (kepercayaan
diri), and a sense of patriotism and nationalism. This is usually required for
men. In Indonesia, we do not know of any military service (conscription), but
in fact since 2002, Indonesia has prepared a law draft concerning military
service, in this case called the law draft of Reserve Component.
According to the article printed in
the law draft, people obligated to follow this program are citizens of
Indonesia consisting of civil servants, workers, or labors who are eligible
becoming the Reserve Component member, and former soldiers who had fulfilled
requirements will be summoned(dipanggil) for being members of the Reserve
Component (komponen/pasukan
cadangan). Conscription goes on 5 years in accordance with (sesuai dengan) Article 17
paragraph (1) of the law draft of Reserve Component. The service period is
considered too long, because the countries that have been used to perform
military service of his country as well as South Korea and Singapore only
tenure is only 2 years old. Finally, the Reserve Component RUU still raises the
pros and cons.
Another reason why many people refuse the law
draft of Reserve Component in Indonesia are sanctions for refusing compulsory
military service for the citizens of this country that is imprisonment (hukuman penjara) of 1 year.
Some people think this is a violation
(pelanggaran) of human rights and individual. That is unrelevant to
the current state in which the world is not going to lead into war, but
bilatetal or multilateral dialogue. As well as conscription was necessary for
the country that has a huge threat and the war, while Indonesia does not have a
significant threat.
Not only cons (kontra), people
remain pros (mendukung) too, so
what if Indonesia implements it including officers, officials, and leaders of
this country. They argue that every single citizen is obliged(diharuskn) to stay alert when a war occurs and what to do when
attacked. Conscription can also increase the sense of nationalism for the youth
who are now starting to fade away. Besides, It can be beneficial to save
national budget in terms of recruitment of members of the Indonesian Army
Reserve Components that can be
obtained (dapat diperoleh) from the chosen suitably qualified
participants.
The Commission reserves not only
prepared to fight but also to aid, for example, a natural disaster such as an
earthquake in the Indonesian region. From the view of the posture of public
involvement to the law draft of Reserve Component, it will take a very
expensive cost, such as recruitment costs, training costs and training costs
imposed for 30 days in a year, and it is routinely carried out every year. Yet,
the state must bear the allowance, life insurance, health care costs, and
equipment as stated on the 21st Section of this law draft.
1. Do you agree conscription is applied in Indonesia?
2. What the effect, if Indonesia
applies conscription?
3. What advantages and disadvantages
if Indonesia applies conscription?
4. As Indonesian people, will you involve yourself in conscription?
5.
How important conscription for indonesia?
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