Sundanese Speaking Community Reports Arteria Dahlan To MKD DPR

Dahlan Arteria/DOK VOI- Nailin In Saroh

JAKARTA - The Sundanese-speaking community reported Arteria Dahlan to the House of Representatives' Honorary Court (MKD) regarding the polemic of criticism of Kajati in Sundanese. January.

The Sundanese-speaking community, represented by the Chairman of the Sundanese Choice Movement, Andri P Kantaprawira, hopes that his report will be followed up with an examination and an ethics trial to Arteria. That way, it can be known whether Arteria Dahlan's words in the Commission III working meeting with the Attorney General's Office violated the code of ethics as a member of the DPR or not.

Maman said he appreciated the presence of representatives of the Sundanese community to MKD to report. He showed this appreciation because the Sundanese people chose the constitutional path to end the polemic that had developed over Arteria's words.

"I really appreciate the representatives of the Sundanese people who complained about the Arteria Dahlan problem through the constitutional mechanism, namely the MKD," said Maman, Thursday, January 27.

"This also shows the greatness of the spirit of the Sundanese people and the importance of dealing with problems rationally and constitutionally," he continued.

Maman assessed that the report file given to MKD was also complete so that it could be continued to the next stage. He said that this report is proof that the Sundanese people love peace and focus on legal solutions.

"To quote Nelson Mandela's words, 'forgive, but not forget', forgive but not be forgotten. As a Sundanese, I understand the disappointment of the Sundanese people. Furthermore, I also appreciate the opinion of the complainant so that this case does not spread everywhere, it is necessary to re-emphasize the importance of enforcement of ethics," he said.

Previously, Member of Commission III of the DPR, Arteria Dahlan, apologized for his statement which was deemed offensive to the Sundanese language when criticizing the head of the High Prosecutor's Office during a working meeting with the Attorney General's Office.

"I have no intention, no intention, no purpose to discredit, to humiliate our Sundanese family. To discredit the Sundanese language and West Java society in general," said Arteria in the PDIP Faction Room, Thursday, January 20.

In the working meeting, Arteria admitted that he intended to remind the related Kajati to use the national language to make it easier to understand. Without intending to connect with certain tribes, but based on their competence, capacity and capability.

"(In the meeting, ed) 15 minutes, all for the prosecutor's office, all praise, good for the prosecutor's agency. This is a bit of criticism to the kajati, so it's not what the Sundanese are talking about," he explained.

The PDIP politician said he did not want to prolong the misunderstanding. Arteria said yesterday's statement was only an opinion so that no one would feel that it was due to ethnic closeness.

"Regarding this, I apologize profusely to all community members, to all community leaders, traditional leaders, religious leaders, youth leaders, all of them, because I consider the Sudanese people to be part of our big family. My friends, my friends are many. really, especially since Jakarta is bordered by West Java," said Arteria.

"I apologize for my statement. And we also make sure there is no intention at all to humiliate, hurt our Sundanese family," he continued.