Separatism in Indonesia

Separatism in Indonesia is the action of certain people or groups in certain areas who want to commit acts of treason or separate themselves from Indonesia. Togetherness and unification within the Indonesian government is considered to have been completed and must leave to establish a separate state or government.

Throughout history, there have been several separatist attempts carried out by certain groups. Separatism occurs in areas far from the center of Indonesian government, usually due to inequality, economic disparities, and uneven development as well as government actions that are considered to only exploit the region.

In 2017, at a conference in Jakarta, Djuyoto Suntani, chairman of the World Peace Committee, predicted in his book Tahun 2015 Indonesia "Pecah" () that the world's largest archipelagic country would break up into 17 independent states. This is also reinforced by the fact that Indonesia is a country that is vulnerable to division and conflict due to its diversity.

Background

Indonesia as a country with high ethnic groups and religious diversity has gone through a long process of facing various problems of separatist movements in various regions. The Indonesian government believes that the country can be united in the Pancasila ideology which can be used as a guide for life in society, the nation, and the state, is also believed to be a way out of the conflict between nationalist and religious groups and its function as a unifying force for the diverse Indonesian nation. However, in reality, the ideological values are not actually practiced in real life, there are many inequalities and injustices that cause uneven distribution of development in Indonesia, causing unrest and protests from people who feel isolated and ignored by the government, in this case people who are far from the Indonesian capital.

The perceived inequality and injustice made the oppressed people protest against the Indonesian government. Various issues, such as Javanisation, legal fraud, and land grabbing by the state are also the reasons. The transmigration program is seen as a process of Javanisation by the government. Injustice by the government also occurred to the people of Papua and Aceh, causing them to take up arms and tear them apart. The military action taken by the Indonesian government actually resulted in arbitrary action against civilians in the insurgencies areas. Various human rights violations have occurred during the period of violence, such as in the insurgency in Aceh.

List of separatist movements

Throughout the history of the founding of Indonesia, there has been a lot of chaos to separate from the Indonesian government, almost all of them are no longer ACTIVE, but some are still active in exile.

See also

• List of active separatist movements in Asia
• Politics of Indonesia