Reasons for the police to disband the event Gatot Nurmantyo attended in Surabaya Page all

SURABAYA, KOMPAS.com – Police broke up a meeting and meeting of the Coalition for Action to Save Indonesia (USA) in Surabaya on Monday (9/28/2020)

The police gave two reasons for breaking up the event.

The first reason, according to the Head of Public Relations of the East Java Regional Police, Kombes Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko, is because it is currently the Covid-19 pandemic.

“East Java is actively campaigning for the control of Covid-19, including enforcing the law for violators of health protocols. Therefore, any event involving mass gatherings will be prohibited,” Andiko said at the Headquarters of East Java Regional Police, Monday afternoon.

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The second reason, it is said that the organizers were delayed in presenting an activity permit to the police according to Government Regulation Number 60 of 2017 on Licensing Procedures and Supervision of Public Crowd Activities, Other Community Activities and Notification of Political Activities .

In article 5 and article 6, Trunoyudo said, the activities must have a notification that is a permit from the police.

For activities that are local in nature, the permit must be presented 14 days in advance, while for activities of a national nature, it must be presented 21 days in advance.

“While the permit for our event was presented to the police just two days ago or on September 26, 2020,” he said.

He also called for similar events to be held online or for crowds not to gather so that the possibility of Covid-19 transmission would not arise.

Information from the police in the field, explained Trunoyudo, said that the fact had moved.

Initially at Gedung Juang 45 in Jalan Mayjen Sungkono, then it moved to NU Museum Jalan Gayungan and finally moved to Graha Jabal Nur in Jalan Jambangan.

The video of the dissolution of the American event in Surabaya had circulated in the WhatsApp group of journalists.

In the video, a policeman dressed in a white blouse tries to interrupt Gatot’s comments by taking the podium.

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Responding to the rise of a police officer to the podium, in the video, Gatot said that WE are a constitutional organization.

“We ARE a constitutional organization, but if the police ask us to disband, we will respect and follow what the police have asked of us,” Gatot said, closing his remarks.

While in front of the house, hundreds of people also held a protest demanding that the American event be dissolved.

Previously, the crowd also blocked Gedung Juang 45 in Jalan Mayjen Sungkono, Surabaya, where the WE East Java meeting was held.