Busking Is An Art

My name is Rully Malay

I am a busker of transvestites

And I survived with this way

like my friends survive

it is with busking way

Busking for transvestites is

a way to survive

with an art work

entertain to others

and have provided a living

livelihood for them

for decades

Transvestites working with busking way because the country can't

facilitate their basic rights

as a human

as well as citizens

unity of the Republic of Indonesia

we know that

in Yogyakarta Special Region

more than 360 transvestites were recorded

in database

and almost 70%

their job is buskers

and they have no better choice

to survive

Then since the assessment camp was established

in 2014 until now

more than 30 people were arrested

Then since the Government

of Special Region of Yogyakarta

Establish Regional Regulation NO.1 of 2014

busking

considered an act of begging

and trampling

whereas in substance

the meaning of busking clearly is an art work

For the government

through the Transtip (security of Yogyakarta region) Service

the transvestite buskers were arrested

then forcibly taken

to camp assessment

and told to make a confession

as a social problem

even though they are

clearly domiciled in one area

in the Yogyakarta Special Region

then have a place to live

then they have a job

their job is as a busker

When they are arrested

detained

without trial process

and without a fixed time

when they come out

their economic life becomes

back at zero

they lost their homes

because maybe a boarding house

no longer allow

because it's already late paying the boarding house

they cannot fulfill

daily living needs

of course they also have responsibilities

In my perspective

that there is state negligence

in fulfilling human rights

for the transvestite friends

the state should be

has three constitutional obligations

First,

The state must respect human rights

then the second

The state must be able to

protect all citizens

then the state has an obligation

to fulfill human rights

it is one of the mandates

in act No. 39 of 1999

about human rights

and this is in line

with the national goal of the Indonesian Nation

contained inside

1945 Constitution