JAKARTA (UCAN): “This move is being seen by the public as political will, instead of goodwill. Why has this (pardon) been given directly ahead of the presidential election?” asked Al Chaidar, a terrorism expert from Malikussaleh University, Aceh province, reacting to news of the impending release of Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, the terror network leader behind the 2002 Bali bombings on compassionate grounds.