MPR Blames Medsos On Alleged Ridden Demonstration Of The Civil Service Act

Former demonstration against the Job Creation Law which ended in chaos, Thursday, October 8 (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly, Jazilul Fawaid, thinks that certain parties have ridden the illegal suspicion about the demonstration against the Job Creation Law, due to the massive use of social media.

Jazilul said, there was a difference between the current demonstration and the mass wave spearheaded by students in 1998. The difference is, student demonstrations and millennial age are currently fueled by technology.

"On social media, the most users are young people. When the demonstration led to riots, many statements on social media were confusing, I don't know the source," said Jazilul in a virtual discussion, Sunday, October 18.

The PKB Deputy Chairperson continued, the wild issue on social media also resulted in the sixth President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) feeling accused of being the rider of the demonstration that led to the riots.

He said, it could be a statement by a public official who said there was a mastermind behind the rioting anonymously, which was tampered with on social media. So that the opinion emerged that the mastermind was SBY.

"Maybe there is a statement made by a public official, that it is processed again in the world of social media into slander that will lead to people. This is called reducing the message, so that one another seems to accuse each other," explained Jazilul.

"So, be careful in delivering statements, because the statement 'A' can turn into 'A plus-plus'. This is what I think it is reasonable to suspect that there are people who deliberately indulge in situations, this must also be anticipated," he continued.

Previously reported, the government stated that someone was riding the demonstration against this Job Creation Law. However, the government did not say who was meant

The former Chairman of the Democratic Party who is also the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto to immediately point to the nose of the party he called the mastermind behind the demonstration against the Omnibus Law on Job Creation which ended in chaos on Thursday, October 8. SBY emphasized that it would not be true to say that he was the mastermind behind the action.

Then, SBY's restlessness was answered by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD. Mahfud emphasized that the government has never mentioned SBY as the mastermind or the party who financed the demonstration against the Omnibus Law on Job Creation in a number of regions.

"None of us ever said Pak SBY or AHY was the mastermind or funded unras. Please clarify when we said that. If there is, we will solve it later. That's only on social media, which is unclear," Mahfud said via his Twitter account @ mohmahfudmd, Wednesday, October 14th.