Ade Armando Babak Belur, ANBTI: Brutal Action Show, Strict Actions On Perpetrators

The alleged perpetrator of the first beating in the beating of Ade Armando in front of the DPR. (Ist)

JAKARTA - The National Alliance for Unity in Diversity (ANBTI) assessed that a group of people had carried out brutal acts of ganging up on University of Indonesia (UI) lecturer Ade Armando. ANBTI asked the perpetrators to be punished immediately. "Whatever the reason, what happened to Mr. Ade Armando is a show of brutality that is very shameful, concerning and worrying for the security situation in Indonesia as a state of law," said ANBTI Chair Nia Sjarifudin in a statement, Tuesday, April 12. The National Alliance for Unity in Diversity hopes that the security forces will immediately take firm action against the perpetrators through existing legal channels.

According to him, it is very unfortunate that in the midst of student action as a group of young intellectuals, it is tainted by infiltrations from parties or people who have no morals. "We support student actions as part of healthy freedom of expression for the advancement of democracy in Indonesia, " he said, launching Antara. ANBTI hopes that student groups will continue to build critical and dialogical narratives in carrying out their aspirations because of the process of repositioning students as young people who have the responsibility to organize the nation's future. students in rejecting all forms of violence. Violence will not be able to solve problems," he explained.

ANBTI hopes that students will also have a strong commitment and be active in rejecting all forms of violence for any reason.

Previously, the beating against activist Ade Armando occurred during a student demonstration on Monday 11 April afternoon.