Gus Dur's Ranks Ask The Police To Act Quickly To Arrest The Perpetrators Of The Beating, Ade Armando

Ade Armando's condition shortly after being persecuted in front of the DPR on Monday 11 April afternoon. (Between)

JAKARTA - The DPP Barisan Kader Gus Dur urged the police to immediately arrest the perpetrators of the attack on social media activist Ade Armando. Persecution befell Ade during a demonstration in front of the DPR Building on Monday, April 11.

"Condemns the anarchic act by the masses against Ade Armando's brother," said Secretary General of the DPP Barisan Kader Gus Dur Pasang Haro Rajagukguk in a written statement received in Jakarta, Tuesday, April 12.

The Gus Dur cadre line, he said, supported the expression of aspirations by students towards state administrators by upholding the ethics of expressing opinions in accordance with statutory regulations.

This, he continued, is to carry out the function of social control over the government so that there is no tendency for deviations from the democratic system to lead to authoritarianism. "This is the opinion of the philosophers of democratic theory," he said.

However, the pillars of democracy should run with full ethics and function properly without actions that are contrary to the prevailing values and norms.

Finally, he said, the DPP Barisan Kader Gus Dur asked all parties to safeguard the sovereignty of the Indonesian nation and the welfare of the people.

The government and ministers including people's representatives in the DPR RI are asked to focus on economic recovery. Moreover, Indonesia is still facing the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Head of the National Police Public Relations Division, Inspector General Pol. Dedi Prasetyo ensured that the case of the beating of social media activist Ade Armando during the April 11 action at the Indonesian Parliament Building would be investigated by anyone involved.