By Soedibyo *)

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, A spectacular Mass Action had happened presently in Jakarta,  provoked  by the speech of Ahok, the Governor of Jakarta that is accused to insult the Holy Alquran, affecting the anger of a certain group of Moslem society.

The mass action of those group of Moslem society  was considered as a social dynamic that should become the special attention of the government.  We tend to remind  that  though the right of  expression is Constitutionally legal but everyone should realize that the National Unity, Solidarity and Mutual Respect of the Nation  are essential for our life as a Nation.                

Definitely we feel sorry  to  the  cause  that provoked   a group of the Indonesian Moslem society coming from  a number of Regions and  those who are living in Jakarta  to   gigantically and   dramatically conduct the Mass Action  on November 4, 2016.  Those Mass Action was conducted to protest  the speech of Ahok the Governor of Jakarta in front of the public  somewhere in Kepulauan Seribu,  sometime in September 2016,  that  apparently the speech is   considered insulting the Holy  Alquran. Ahok has  apologized publicly  and he said that honestly he never wished to insult the Holy Alquran. However a group of Moslem were  demanding Ahok to be investigated legally to confirm the abuse of  the freedom of speech of Ahok. Later, those group of Moslem society  has been increasing their demand  that Ahok should be detained and finally jailed.

However the tension among the Moslem group concerns was still hanging  because the decision of the Police Investigator that Ahok would be sent as a defender in the court is not followed and completed with the Police action to detain Ahok. He is still active in the campaign as one of the Candidate of the Governor of Jakarta  in the Regional Election to elect the Governor of Jakarta, held in the beginning of 2017. 

The story has not definitely ended. Those groups of Indonesian Moslem society is now waiting for the implementation of the Court to judge the abuse of the freedom of Speech of Ahok. It is expected that the Third Mass Action To Save Islam on December 2, 2016 that is  called as the Peaceful Praying Together will  strongly influence the  situation in approaching the day of the implementation of the Court Session with peace and Secure.

The First Mass Action to Save Islam on November 4, 2016 and the Third Mass Action to Save Islam on December 2,   2016 were apparently pure social action without any political interest to have been involved.

The Police  had caught  a number of political activists suspected to try to infiltrate  the Mass Action and to provoke the Mass Action to execute a political movement for a certain political objectives. The Police action could be understood as the implementation of the Police’s general mission  to save the country and to include to Save those  Mass Action  from any political provocation

Realizing that the Mass Action by a group of Moslem society is purely social dynamic, the Government Policy based on social and culture approach could be likely  expected to end peacefully.

Based on the unending Indonesian interest  The Government of Indonesia is earnestly necessary to convince those group of the Moslem society about the importance of the National Unity, Solidarity and Mutual respect for the Country. For that purposes the Government of Indonesia is likely necessary to stress and seriously demand all the Indonesian nation to accept whatever the decision made by the Council of Judges. Fort the implementation of the Government demand  the Government of Indonesia  should likely  declare a number of points as bellow :

The Mass Action of a Group of Moslem Society conducted in Jakarta is a social dynamic and the Government has paid the serious attention to their demand  and  to implement the legal investigation to conclude the case of  Ahok. Culturally  Ahok   should  officially apologize to all the Indonesian Moslem, because of his stupidity on Islam and language  he had said something seriously wrong from the Islamic religion and the language point view.  This expression of Ahok  should be stated  in front of the special session of the Regional House of Representatives of the Province of Jakarta.

All of the Indonesian should recognize that Indonesia is a democratic country and  through the respective official election the  people have chosen the authorize body to lead the country, namely the Government of Indonesia which has the authority to decide the necessary step to maintain the existence of the Republic of  Indonesia.

The National Unity, Solidarity  and  Mutual Respect are the most essential of the Indonesian Stability and Prosperity. All the threat to these highly interest of the Indonesian Nation will not be tolerated and will be crushed. The Police  supported by  the Indonesian National Military are firmly ready to safeguard the National Unity  of  the Indonesian  nation. May God bless the Indonesian always.

*) The writer is the Political and Security Observer.

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