CIIA Intelligence Observer Allegedly The Rider Of The Job Creation Act Demo Comes From The Regime

ILLUSTRATION / Police after controlling riot in Jakarta (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - Intelligence and terrorism observer from The Community of Ideological Islamic Analyst (CIIA), Harits Abu Ulya, assesses that there are groups of intruders who make demonstrations against the Omnibus Law of the Job Creation Law that lead to chaos.

He suspects that this group comes from parties who are in the stronghold of the government of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and support the law.

"Riders or demonstration intruders who provoke riots, in my analysis, are precisely the elements that work, are paid to guard and secure the regime with all its political agendas," Harits said as quoted in his written statement, Thursday, October 15.

Harits said that the rider of the demonstration against the Job Creation Law did not rule out the possibility of being the dark hand of government supporters or even loyalists.

They, said Harits, took this path because currently the government has only passed a legal product, namely the Job Creation Law, which is said to be detrimental to the public and cause a wave of protests. This situation is then considered to be at risk of contracting political, economic and security life.

The riders who have this ability are called Hartis to make plans, including allegedly preparing anarchist action in the middle of the demonstration.

His belief in the existence of a rider on this demonstration, he said, was also evident from the facts on the ground, amateur videos, to testimony from the participants in the action.

"It is clear that there are indications that those who are against the demonstration are participating in the march," he said.

"Of course their involvement is with different agendas and targets. Those who are contra, the pattern of movements on the ground often appear to be organized. They infiltrated the demonstrations by carrying out provocations that trigger anarchism," he added.

According to him, the aim of this group of riders was actually very easy to read. The first goal, said Harits, is that this rider is intentionally injuring the positive demands of the demonstrating elements of society to shift to a negative direction or even to criticize because of anarchist actions.

Their actions, he continued, could also have an impact on the legitimacy of the community towards the dispersal of demonstrations, repressive actions, and ultimately the convictions of the perpetrators of the demonstrations.

The next objective is to politicize these demonstrations as the cause of the riots.

"Propaganda that the action is ridden by the interests of certain groups, for example from the ranks of heartache, and others can easily be built massively. The target is delegitimizing demonstrations," Harits explained.

Finally, is to make the public forget the substance of the demonstration because it is focused on what happened after the demonstration.

During this 'cooling down' period, the public is often diverted to issues surrounding actors, political motives for demonstrations, criminal acts of protesters, and material losses due to damage to public facilities. "The public is then obscured from the main substance," he said.

From this analysis, Harits asked the public to keep in mind the essence of the demonstration against the Omnibus Law on Cipta Kerja. In addition, he asked the police to be careful in handling the problem of this demonstration.

"Currently, we hope that the handling of excess demonstrations by the police must be more careful. If there is sufficient evidence related to crime, it is necessary to act fairly and wisely," he concluded.