Present at the declaration were Wijaya Kusuma Military Command chief Col. Nono Sumarsono, Banyumas Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Untung Widyatmoko, rectors and local student executive board (BEM) members.
The universities represented at the event included Unsoed, STAIN Islamic college and a number of
student organizations such as Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI), Association of Islamic Students (HMI) and
Muhammadiyah Students Association (IMM).
The NII, which began in the early 1950s, has been blamed for the disappearance of several university students in different regions who were allegedly brainwashed into joining the movement.
”The presence of the separatist movement on campuses, including Unsoed, has caused public anxiety,” Unsoed BEM president Muharam Nurdiyan said in a press release. “The phenomenon has also tainted the image of our university. BEM and all academics at Unsoed today declare the fight against every separatism movement.”
”Every student is ready to join hands and support any form of prevention and action against all kinds of separatism,” Muharam added.
