Mahfud MD Affirms Mahaputera Stars Are Not A Tool Of Silence In Today's Memory, November 5, 2020

JAKARTA Memori hari ini, lima tahun yang lalu, 5 November 2020, Menteri Koordinator bidang Politik Hukum dan Keamanan (Menkopolhukam), Mahfud MD membantah kabar pemberian gelar Bintang Mahaputera untuk memilikikan mereka yang kritis. Tidak niat pemerintah memilikian lawan politik utama Gatot Nurmantyo.

Previously, the government's plan to award the Mahaputera Star title to critics of the government was criticized by many parties. The government is considered to have deliberately given awards so that the noise of criticism disappears.

Prabowo Subianto's presence as Minister of Defense (Menhan) in the second period Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was greeted with pros and cons. Those who support consider Prabowo to be a form of commitment to build the nation and state.

Those who counter consider this step as an administrative to eliminate the opposition. However, the narrative is not entirely true. Prabowo's main supporters are still actively criticizing government policies that are not pro-people.

Fadli Zon and Fahri Hamzah, for example. Both actively criticize the Jokowi government for improvement. Recently, their critical voices were appreciated by the government. The owner of the power plans to award the Mahaputera Nararya Star title on August 13, 2020.

The government considers the two figures to have great services for the nation and state. All because of Fadli-Fahri's criticism of the government, it is considered a perfect manifestation of democracy. Jokowi considers the position of opposition not a disgraceful thing.

This position is important because the government needs input from figures who are outside the government. Recently, the gift of Mahaputra Star was not smooth. This desire was opposed by many parties. They consider Mahaputera Stars to be like a strategy to silence criticism.

"This is called a democratic country. I am good friends with Pak Fahri Hamzah, good friends with Pak Fadli Zon," said Jokowi as quoted on the Indonesian CNN page, August 13, 2020.

The names of Fadli and Fahri did bring a stir as recipients of the Mahaputra Nararya Star title. However, the excitement even stronger emerged because the government planned to award the Mahaputra Star title to former TNI Commander Gatot Nurtantyo on November 11, 2020.

This desire was then criticized by many as silencing. This condition is because Gatot is known as a noisy opposition related to government policies. As a result, the government's image of being silent of critics through Mahaputera Stars is increasingly happening.

This picture was immediately denied by Mahfud MD on November 5, 2020. The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs emphasized that the Mahaputra Star to Gatot, who in fact was the Presidium of the Coalition for Action to Save Indonesia (WE), was not to silence him.

The gift was solely due to Gatot's great dedication to the nation and state. Gatot was once the Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces in the 2015-2017 era. This means that the government has no intention of silencing, let alone using the Mahaputera Star as a means of silencing.

"If later Gatot Nurmantyo is not given a suspicious person. How come he is not given, if he is given this he wants to silence. There is no silent business, no discrimination, this is his right to get it. . "

"The National Police Chief, commander, and chief of staff of the force, although not one period after taking office, got the Mahaputra Star. Susi Pudjiastuti is a critical person, she still gets it, there is Retno Marsudi, then Luhut Pandjaitan and several ministers who have finished but have never received it will be given on 11 (November)," Mahfud said as quoted by the pager.id, November 5, 2020.