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JAKARTA – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam), Mahfud MD issued a shocking statement. He said there was a horseman behind the name of the Chief Imam of the Front of Islamic Defenders (FPI) Habib Rizieq Shihab.
This was expressed by Mahfud in response to a question from a high-level journalist, Karni Llyas, about the precarious political and security situation in the country.
“This is about the movement that took advantage of the names of Habib Rizieq, FPI, 212, etc. Their movements got a bit heated. And, in fact, we have to be careful too,” Mahfud said in an interview uploaded to the YouTube account of the Karni Ilyas Club, Saturday night (5/12/2020).
According to Mahfud, if you count the strength of the movement and then measure it by the strength of the government, it is very easy to eradicate it.
“Imagine if we wanted to silence the people who were gathered, the use of three-car sirens would dissolve. That’s just a kodam, not the marines, not the Kopassus and the others. If you want to implement it, it is very easy. But we are a democratic country, “he said.
The former president of the Constitutional Court (MK) said that the government does not want to scare people and realizes that there are times when people come together because idealism is not channeled. So he asked for a persuasive approach that people misunderstand.
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“Therefore, it seems that the government is nervous. Yes, if you don’t want to be nervous, act tough, you can. But we prevent people from being afraid of the authorities, that there are no human rights violations and that democracy can continue and be better, ”said Mahfud.
(qlh)
