Ummat Party Launches Logo When Rizieq Shihab Returns, Observer: Taking Advantage Of Momentum

JAKARTA - Political observer from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Aisah Putri Budiarti, assessed that the party made by Amien Rais deliberately took the momentum of the return of the Grand Imam of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab.

This is because this return has become an issue that has received attention from many parties, including the media. So, launching the logo to coincide with Rizieq's momentum to arrive in Indonesia is considered a step to steal attention.

"They took advantage of this momentum to attract the attention of the wider public because Rizieq Shihab's return will definitely get attention from both the public and the media, because of the controversy behind him. Announcing the logo at this moment will steal the attention and it is important for the newly formed party," said Putri when contacted VOI, Wednesday, November 11.

Apart from taking advantage of the moment, the launch of this logo can mean that the Ummah Party is expanding its group of supporters. One of them is trying to approach the masses of supporters of Rizieq Shihab who are considered as potential targets.

This, said Putri, was reflected in the statement of one of Amien Rais' loyalists who said that the symbol of this party was related to Rizieq's struggle.

"So that there appears to be an effort to attract support from loyalist groups," he said.

Meanwhile, Executive Director of Indonesia Political Review (IPR), Ujang Komarudin, considered that the Ummat Party's efforts to take advantage of the momentum of Rizieq's arrival were to get public attention. he said, this attempt was made to approach the mass groups supporting Rizieq Shihab.

"So this is a way to approach and hook," he said.

It is known, the Ummat Party finally officially launched their logo in the form of a tauhid shield. This launch was carried out through a video on Amien Rais' YouTube account.

"After a long deliberation, we finally decided that the Ummat Party logo was a shield for monotheism," Amien was quoted as saying in a video uploaded on Tuesday, November 10.

According to VOI, the symbol of this party is dominated by black as the base and yellow for the shield line, star, and the writing of the Ummah Party.

"On the chest of the eagle Pancasila, the star is a symbol of one and only Godhead," said the former founder of the National Mandate Party (PAN).

Furthermore, he explained, the shield of tauhid was chosen because it has a number of meanings. First, so that in the future this party will benefit the nation as long as it stands.

Second, he said, the sentence of tauhid is a sentence of liberating mankind from the shackles of servitude to fellow humans to become mere worship of Allah.

"That is why the Ummah Party's motto of struggle is against injustice and upholding justice," he said.

Before being launched, Amien Rais loyalist Agung Mozin confirmed that the Ummat Party took the momentum when Rizieq Shihab returned to Indonesia.

It's just that this was not done to boost supporters but because this party welcomed Rizieq's return because it had the same basic struggle.

"We present this logo in order to welcome the arrival of Habib Rizieq Shihab. Because of our logo, our logo design, the color of our logo we deliberately present it tomorrow to welcome Habib Rizieq Shihab because our logo is the same and congruent with what he was fighting for," said Agung. when contacted by VOI, Monday, December 9.

Even so, he denied that Rizieq would later participate in Amien Rais' party. Agung assessed that it would not be possible for Rizieq Shihab to participate.

"He will not possibly be involved so he will not enter," he said.