Press conference banned, FPI increases citizens’ rights



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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –

Rizieq Shihab’s legal team member Sugito Atmo Prawiro lamented the party policeman that prohibits the Islamic Defenders Front (REIT) held a press conference. In fact, according to him, giving press statements is a right of every citizen.

Sugito admitted that he was surprised that the government had become repressive towards the FPI movements. Sugito said that FPI only wanted to broadcast a response on the dissolution of FPI by the government.

“Even though the press conference on the dissolution of the FPI is the right of the DPP FPI to respond, to broadcast, but this is not allowed,” Sugito said in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday (12/30).

According to Sugito, despite having been dissolved, the FPI has the right to express its opinion on the government’s attitude. He said it was a right of the FPI members who were also Indonesian citizens.

“The right to express this opinion is the right of every citizen. The FPI DPP regrets that,” he said.

Previous, CNNIndonesia.com he had received an invitation to a press conference from the General Secretary of the FPI, Munarman, on the response to the dissolution of the FPI. The presentation of the statement to the media is scheduled to take place at the FPI DPP Secretariat, Jalan Petamburan III, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday afternoon (12/30).

However, the central Jakarta police chief Kombes Heru Novianto did not allow Munarman to hold a press conference in Petamburan. The police threatened to arrest the FPI who insisted on carrying out activities.

Heru, the government has designated FPI as a prohibited organization, so that every activity can have FPI activities again.

Earlier, the government announced that FPI was a banned organization in Indonesia. The ban is contained in a joint decree with six high-ranking state officials Number 220/4780 of 2020, Number 264 of 2020, Kb / 12/3/2020 regarding the prohibition of activities to use symbols and attributes and the termination of the FPI .

(dmi / bmw)

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