Metro Police: DKI Provincial Government Doesn't Issue 212 Reunion Permits

General Chairperson of the 212 Alumni Brotherhood, Slamet Maarif, during a speech on a command car (Diah/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Metro Police said that the reason for the 212 Reunion at the Arjuna Wiwaha Horse Statue was not allowed because the DKI Provincial Government did not issue a crowd permit.

"One of them is the location permit for crowds, namely the Horse Statue. The Horse Statue is not under the permission of the Polda Metro Jaya but under the Regional Government, the Regional Government does not issue a permit," said Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Thursday, December 2.

In addition to permission from the provincial government, the committee also did not receive a recommendation from the COVID-19 Task Force which is a condition for holding actions during the pandemic.

Kombes Zulpan said Reunion 212 was also rejected by the management of Az Zikra Mosque, Sentul, Bogor.

"That it is not only the rejection of recommendations in the jurisdiction of the Polda Metro Jaya or the COVID-19 task force, it turns out that at the Az Zikra mosque in Bogor they also did not get permission," said Zulpan.