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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Policeman denied that his party was not adequate in function and authority when the head of the National Police, General Idham Azis, issued a letter Telegram Secret (STR), one of which orders authorities to counter narrative issues that discredit the government.
“Polri, in accordance with its main task of protecting, protecting and serving the community and law enforcement agencies, of course, has an interest in disseminating information about the large-scale demonstrations on October 6-8,” he said the head of the Police Public Information Office (Karopenmas), Brigadier General Awi Setiyono, to reporters at the National Police headquarters. , Jakarta, Monday (10/5).
He claimed that the effort was made by the National Police due to the corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic that is still spreading in Indonesia.
Therefore, to break the chain of spread of the virus, the National Police restricted the crowds that could become sources of transmission. In this case, said Awi, related to the demonstrations of the masses of workers that will be held against the Omnibus Bill for Job Creation (RUU).
“The police have an important role to play inmanage so that things that are not desirable like what happened last year do not happen, ”he said.
The head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono, revealed that the cyber patrol step echoed by the Chief of Police in his telegram was to prevent the dissemination of false or misleading information related to the issue. of the Omnibus Law.
“It is a matter of doing cyber patrol this on social media and media management aims to prevent misleading news, “said Argo.
Earlier, the head of the Defense Division of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), Muhammad Isnur, criticized the publication of the telegram. He thought the telegram was troublesome. He said that the police had no right to avoid protests.
Isnur said the telegram was part of an abuse of authority. He said the duty of the police under the constitution was to maintain security and order.
Furthermore, the word ‘discredit’ in the telegram is also considered highly subjective, so it has the potential to hamper public criticism of the government.
“The duty of the police is to maintain security and order, not to campaign against the government,” Isnur said in an official statement on Monday (10/5).
(mjo / gil)
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