Mahfud explains the government’s reasons for refusing reconciliation with Rizieq Shihab

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam), Mahfud MD, admitted that he had invited the High Priest of the FPI Rizieq Shihab to speak. This was expressed in a tweet on the Twitter account @mohmahfudmd.

He said that before Rizieq landed on November 9, 2020, he invited Rizieq’s legal team. Mahfud admitted that he invited Rizieq to meet in a neutral place for dialogue.

Explanation: Actually mlm before MRS landed, on September 11, 2020 at 19 o’clock I invited the MRS Legal Team (Sugito and Ari), I invite them to set up a meeting in a neutral place to have a dialogue with the MRS to protect the country and the people together forever. the people and the ummah, “Mahfud said on his Twitter on Saturday (12/12/2020).

He explained that the invitation was then fulfilled with conditions. According to Mahfud, Rizieq raised a series of strict requirements.

But what was the answer? The first day he gave a speech out loud: “They want reconciliation on the condition that the government releases the convicted terrorist, releases the alleged criminals with their names. After all, friendship has not asked for high requirements, ”he said.

Therefore, Mahfud said, he stressed that the government does not plan to make a reconciliation with Rizieq Shihab.

“So I emphasize, the government does not plan to reconcile with the MRS,” Mahfud said.

Previously, Mahfud MD admitted that he had no plans to meet with Rizieq Shihab for a dialogue.

“If I do not have such plans, they will invite me to a meeting for example, then I say that it is not clear who invited whom? And who is responsible. There is an organization that does not have a legal entity, that is why I did not attend,” he said. That quoted in an exclusive interview broadcast on the BeritaSatu YouTube account, on Friday (11/12/2020).

Mahfud also questioned Rizieq Shihab’s reasons for wanting to reconcile with the government, but on the condition that several terrorism convicts, such as Abu Bakar Baasyir, be released.

“It has nothing to do with reconciliation if there is a conflict. A detained person like Abu Bakar Baasyir has nothing to do with Habib Rizieq. So we do not respond to that problem,” he said.

However, Mahfud admitted that he listened to the aspirations of Rizieq Shihab and the FPI members as elements of society. One of the aspirations that the government has heard is about the return of Rizieq Shihab.

“So Habib Rizieq can go home, I said you can go home, who’s forbidding to go home? Go home. That’s aspiration, right? If there’s something wrong with Habib Rizieq banned, Habib Rizieq is not allowed, yes, I say it can “. He has the legal right to return, that means, right, we are aspirational. But when it comes to law, the community also has its own aspirations. Well, please open it legally later. How, really, is the problem, “he said.