Poki: Mom, can I have some money to pay club dues.
Mother: A club? What's the program?
Poki: There isn't a program, it's just to be cool.
Mother: Why did you just join a club like that? Paying as well!
Poki: It's precisely because it's nothing that I joined the club. The basketball club, I'm too short. The judo club, I'm scared of getting hurt.
Mother: Oh Allah. You just need validation, don't you...
The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform is urging President Prabowo Subianto to withdraw from US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace (BoP), citing concerns over its implications for Jakarta's foreign policy.
Coalition member Bhatara Ibnu Reza from Democratic Judicial Reform (De Jure), said that Israel's inclusion in the BoP complicates Indonesia's diplomatic stance and its long-standing support for Palestinian independence.
"The potential membership of Indonesia in the BoP could be used to legitimise Israel's actions toward Palestine", said Bhatara in a statement on February 16.
The coalition also criticised Jakarta's plan to deploy between 5,000 and 8,000 Indonesian peacekeeping troops to Gaza under an International Stabilization Force (ISF), reportedly initiated by the BoP.
According to Bhatara, such a deployment would fall outside the framework of international law because it lacks a mandate from the UN Security Council as a formal UN peacekeeping mission.
He warned that this could expose Indonesian troops to significant risks given Gaza's complex security landscape and questioned the absence of broader Palestinian input in formulating the proposal.
"The coalition views the troop deployment through the ISF as potentially drawing Indonesia deeper into the Israel-Palestine-Hamas conflict", he said.
The coalition also raised concerns over Indonesia's reported financial commitment of US1 Billion to the BoP, arguing that such a contribution does not align with the country's current economic priorities.
The group further cautioned that closer alignment with the US through the BoP framework could weaken Indonesia's traditionally firm position on Israel and that alleged violations of international law in Gaza by Israel should be addressed through legal mechanisms such as the International Criminal Court.
[Abridged from a Tempo article titled "Why civil groups are pushing Indonesia out of the Board of Peace" (https://en.tempo.co/read/2087553/why-civil-groups-are-pushing-indonesia-out-of-the-board-of-peace).]
