REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Attorney General HM Prasetyo said the past unsettled cases of serious offense of human rights in Indonesia would never be settled, whoever is in power or attorney general and whoever are Human Rights commissioners. He made the statement referring to past experience.

"We already changed government, changed the attorney general several times. We better be just realistic," Prasetyo said here on Friday.

Therefore, he said since he was named attorney general, he had offered non-judicial settlement to put an end to national debate on human rights violation committed long in the past. According to him, reconciliation would be the most realistic solution.

"If you have a better solution just show it. If you don't agree with non-judicial approach give us the result of complete investigations, not just assumptions, testimonies. What we need in these cases are non debatable evidence and undeniable facts," he said.

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In addition, the cases dated back to time long bygone and the perpetrators might have been dead already, he said without citing any case. Prasetyo said non-judicial settlement is allowed by the law.

"As for compensation it could be discussed as much as the state could provide," he went on to say.

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What is important is the present and future generations must not continue to be burdened with the sins allegedly committed by individuals or institutions in the past, he said.

He said there is no superannuation for cases of serious offense of human rights, therefore, new government, attorney general and human rights commissioners would continue to be called upon for settlement. "Until when?" he asked.

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