TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - National Police received a report related to Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan’s speech. “We received several reports,” the police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Setyo Wasisto confirmed in South Jakarta on Thursday, October 19.
However, Setyo said that the National Police would analyze whether the reports qualified to be processed or not.
“A team will be assigned to assess the report,” Setyo added.
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In his first speech after being inaugurated as the Jakarta Governor, Anies mentioned the word pribumi (native Indonesian) that was associated with the colonial era. The speech sparked a debate as some people view that it could promote racism.
The new Jakarta governor clarified that the “pribumi” he referred to in his speech are the people who were oppressed during the Dutch colonial era.
However, the clarification did not stop the people who want to end the debate through a legal process. Among those who filed a police report against Anies is a youth organization called Pengurus Banteng Muda Indonesia (BMI).
The BMI argues that Anies’ statement violated Presidential Instruction No. 26/1998 and Law No. 40/2008.
“We’re here to report Anies Baswedan to the police,” BMI deputy chairman for legal affairs Ronny Talapessy said at the Jakarta Police.
ANDITA RAHMA
