“The candidate can still continue his campaign activities and join other upcoming election procedures until voting day,” he said.
Previously, a number of Muslim figures had accused law enforcers of protecting the governor. Ahok, who previously served as deputy Jakarta governor, replaced his former boss, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, after the latter won the presidential election in 2014.
The screening was a response to a protest by more than 100,000 people around the National Monument (Monas) park in Central Jakarta on Nov. 4, demanding Ahok prosecution for blasphemy, based on a video featuring the governor commenting on a verse in the Quran during a visit to Thousand Islands regency in late September.
THE PLAN OF NOV 25 th MASS RALLY DIDN’T NEEDED
After a blasphemy case was decided, we must maintain our national solidarity among all circles, and we should condem if any groups in the country is still decide to make mass rally on November 25th, 2016. I think this plan must be canceled because its doesn’t make sense reason to realize.
Eventhough, the National Police had been announced that Ahok as a suspects on blasphemy case, our people have some questions such as does this decisions stop a political and law furor in Indonesia; does this announcement stop the plan of mass rally on November 25th, 2016 and can all circles in Indonesia respect the results and respects law process?
However, people savvy on a current situation must be built because with this way, people didn’t easy to provoke by a political interest group. We must give a huge attention on the next current situation based on Ahok’s case, because its could be trigered a new bomb terror attacks, its could be made social and political unrest specially on certain region or provinces which have a riots potential such as Solo (Central Java), Malang (East Java), Medan (North Sumatera), NTT, North Sulawesi, Papua and West Papua.
If the plan of mass rally on November 25th, 2016 has been implemented, we can predict that the main intention on this plan are an impeachment to the legal government under Jokowi’s administration.
A various indicators could be explained those plan such as spreading hate-speech and stir-up in social media still continue, a various actors could be taken an advantage for their politic and economic goals if mass rally on November 25 th, 2016 could be made; having possibilities that a radical groups have been preparing their new attacks if “security gap” shall create in a current situation.
Because of that, I will be remainded all national circles to ban or to reject their participation if the plan of mass rally on November 25 will be realized because a genuine political participation could be created by unresponsible actors as space-goat to make a big riots again and if its happens, its may jeopardize our Bhineka Tunggal Ika spirit.
*) The writer is a national political observer from Padang, West Sumatera.
