Let us give our thoughts about this meeting between German Chancellor,
Angela Merkel and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
INTERNET
SOURCE: https://www.yahoo.com/news/indonesian-president-defends-death-penalty-drug-crimes-153110001.html
Indonesian president defends death penalty for drug crimes
April 18,
2016
BERLIN (AP) — Indonesia's president is
defending his country's use of the death penalty for drug offenses, arguing
that drug abuse constitutes an emergency.
Indonesia has extremely
strict drug laws and more than 130 people on death row, mostly for drug crimes.
Authorities recently said Indonesia is preparing to execute more foreigners
convicted of drug offenses. Executions last year caused an international
outcry.
President Joko
"Jokowi" Widodo said Monday that "Indonesia currently has an
emergency, above all in drug abuse." He said 30-50 people a day die in
Indonesia because of drugs.
Jokowi said through an
interpreter: "Implementation of the death penalty
is carried out very cautiously."
He spoke after meeting
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who underlined Germany's opposition to capital
punishment and its wish for Indonesia "not to implement it if
possible."
OUR THOUGHTS:
Joko Widodo was one of the awardees of
the Rayner
Goddard Act of Courage Award, he defended the use of the death penalty.
We, the comrades of Unit 1012, advise the Head of States to learn from Widodo
on how he defended the use of capital punishment.
We feel that people like Angela
Merkel needs to go back home and take care of her own criminals in her backyard
and the migrant crisis before lecturing others.
One campaigner held up a sign
which read: 'We Love Indonesia. Save Indonesia Generation. Go to Hell
Criminal Drugs!'
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