By Soedibyo *)
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, A spectacular Mass Action had happened presently in Jakarta, provoked by the speech of Ahok, the Governor of Jakarta that is accused to insult the Holy Alquran, affecting the anger of a certain group of Moslem society.
The mass action of those group of Moslem society was considered as a social dynamic that should become the special attention of the government. We tend to remind that though the right of expression is Constitutionally legal but everyone should realize that the National Unity, Solidarity and Mutual Respect of the Nation are essential for our life as a Nation.
Definitely we feel sorry to the cause that provoked a group of the Indonesian Moslem society coming from a number of Regions and those who are living in Jakarta to gigantically and dramatically conduct the Mass Action on November 4, 2016. Those Mass Action was conducted to protest the speech of Ahok the Governor of Jakarta in front of the public somewhere in Kepulauan Seribu, sometime in September 2016, that apparently the speech is considered insulting the Holy Alquran. Ahok has apologized publicly and he said that honestly he never wished to insult the Holy Alquran. However a group of Moslem were demanding Ahok to be investigated legally to confirm the abuse of the freedom of speech of Ahok. Later, those group of Moslem society has been increasing their demand that Ahok should be detained and finally jailed.
However the tension among the Moslem group concerns was still hanging because the decision of the Police Investigator that Ahok would be sent as a defender in the court is not followed and completed with the Police action to detain Ahok. He is still active in the campaign as one of the Candidate of the Governor of Jakarta in the Regional Election to elect the Governor of Jakarta, held in the beginning of 2017.
The story has not definitely ended. Those groups of Indonesian Moslem society is now waiting for the implementation of the Court to judge the abuse of the freedom of Speech of Ahok. It is expected that the Third Mass Action To Save Islam on December 2, 2016 that is called as the Peaceful Praying Together will strongly influence the situation in approaching the day of the implementation of the Court Session with peace and Secure.
The First Mass Action to Save Islam on November 4, 2016 and the Third Mass Action to Save Islam on December 2, 2016 were apparently pure social action without any political interest to have been involved.
The Police had caught a number of political activists suspected to try to infiltrate the Mass Action and to provoke the Mass Action to execute a political movement for a certain political objectives. The Police action could be understood as the implementation of the Police’s general mission to save the country and to include to Save those Mass Action from any political provocation
Realizing that the Mass Action by a group of Moslem society is purely social dynamic, the Government Policy based on social and culture approach could be likely expected to end peacefully.
Based on the unending Indonesian interest The Government of Indonesia is earnestly necessary to convince those group of the Moslem society about the importance of the National Unity, Solidarity and Mutual respect for the Country. For that purposes the Government of Indonesia is likely necessary to stress and seriously demand all the Indonesian nation to accept whatever the decision made by the Council of Judges. Fort the implementation of the Government demand the Government of Indonesia should likely declare a number of points as bellow :
The Mass Action of a Group of Moslem Society conducted in Jakarta is a social dynamic and the Government has paid the serious attention to their demand and to implement the legal investigation to conclude the case of Ahok. Culturally Ahok should officially apologize to all the Indonesian Moslem, because of his stupidity on Islam and language he had said something seriously wrong from the Islamic religion and the language point view. This expression of Ahok should be stated in front of the special session of the Regional House of Representatives of the Province of Jakarta.
All of the Indonesian should recognize that Indonesia is a democratic country and through the respective official election the people have chosen the authorize body to lead the country, namely the Government of Indonesia which has the authority to decide the necessary step to maintain the existence of the Republic of Indonesia.
The National Unity, Solidarity and Mutual Respect are the most essential of the Indonesian Stability and Prosperity. All the threat to these highly interest of the Indonesian Nation will not be tolerated and will be crushed. The Police supported by the Indonesian National Military are firmly ready to safeguard the National Unity of the Indonesian nation. May God bless the Indonesian always.
*) The writer is the Political and Security Observer.
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