Urged To Fire Arteria Dahlan, PDIP: He Has Already Expressed His Apology And Is Very Sorry

PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto said he would not fire his cadre who is also a member of Commission III of the DPR, Arteria Dahlan. The reason is that Arteria has apologized for his statement about the Sundanese language.

"Brother Arteria has already apologized, very sorry. Of course he learned a lot from this matter," Hasto told reporters at the PDIP DPP office on Jalan Diponegoro, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Thursday, January 27.

Even so, Hasto said that his party had already given a severe warning to Arteria. So, he asked all his cadres to be careful in speaking so that similar incidents do not happen again.

Hasto called the statement made by Arteria as a personal statement and does not represent any institution. So, this incident should be a lesson.

"The party has given a serious warning and this is a lesson for Arteria Dahlan," said Hasto.

"All party cadres also take lessons from this, despite what Mr. Arteria said in his capacity as a person," he added.

Meanwhile, regarding Arteria's reporting to the Council's Honorary Court (MKD), Hasto did not want to comment further. According to him, the agency has stages and authorities in accordance with the regulations in the DPR.

"MKD has a mechanism, stages, has the authority that has been given in accordance with the rules," he said.

Arteria Dahlan's statement regarding the Sundanese language was conveyed as a criticism to the Attorney General on Monday, January 17. He revealed that there was an official from the Head of the High Prosecutor's Office (Kajati) who spoke Sundanese during a work meeting.

He also asked the Attorney General to replace Kajati who used the Sundanese language. However, Arteria did not reveal who Kajati was talking about in Sundanese.

"Pak JA (Prosecutor General), there was a Kajati who was in the meeting, in the working meeting he spoke in Sundanese, replace that sir. We are Indonesia," said Arteria as seen from the video on the DPR RI YouTube account.

This statement then became the public spotlight. In fact, the DPR building was demolished by the West Java Cultural Community Alliance, which held a demonstration today or Thursday, January 27.

They asked the DPR MKD to immediately fire Arteria Dahlan for his remarks that insulted the people of West Java. In this action, this group had time to display the culture of debus and trampled on posters with pictures of Arteria Dahlan.