The Condemnation Of Persecution To Ade Armando, Grace Natalie PSI: Democracy Must Be Struggled With Respect

Grace Natalie and Ade Armando (Photo: Grace Natalie's Instagram)

JAKARTA - Deputy of the Board of Trustees of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) Grace Natalie strongly condemns the acts of abuse and violence against University of Indonesia lecturer Ade Armando during a demonstration in front of the Indonesian Parliament Building, Senayan, Monday, April 11.

Grace had a chance to visit Ade Armando who was lying in the emergency room of a hospital in the Jakarta area. "I, Grace Natalie, and all PSI administrators and cadres throughout Indonesia condemn the act of mistreatment of Ade Armando today," said Grace on her Instagram, @gracenat, Monday night.

Grace emphasized that violence is strictly prohibited in a democracy for any reason. Democracy should be fought for in an honorable way, not with violence, let alone persecution, to the point of killing victims.

"Democracy must be fought for in honorable ways, not with violence. The intellectual actor must be sought and severely punished because he not only caused casualties but also injured democracy itself," he stressed.

Still in the upload, Grace said that Ade Armando had not been able to talk much about the dark incident this evening.

"If you look at the video and the language they use, the perpetrators are a group of intruders, logically flawed people who have often criticized Ade so far," he explained.

"Don't think that Mr. Ade will be afraid after this. He said in a voice that was not afraid at all: don't think that I will be afraid and be silent. I will actually be even more crazy after this Bang Ade, Bang Ade... it's second to none. Get well soon, bro Ade," said Grace.