Commission III Remind Yasonna Laoly To Watch His Mouth And Speech

Chairman of Commission III of the DPR Herman Hery (Mery Handayani / VOi)

JAKARTA - Chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives, Herman Hery, asked all state officials to guard his words. Reflecting on the case that befell the Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly, Herman admitted that he did not want state officials to hurt the hearts of the people.

As is well known, Menkumham Yasonna Laoly at the 2020 correctional resolution event at the Class IIA Narcotics Prison in Jakarta said that poverty is the cause of crime. He then compared life in Tanjung Priok with Menteng.

In the aftermath, a number of Tanjung Priok residents staged a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights building because they felt offended by Yasonna's words.

"In the supervisory function as a politician, Menkumham is also a politician, I just said yes next time be careful with my tongue. Although I also often slip my tongue," he said, at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Central Jakarta, Thursday, January 23.

Herman reminded all state officials to take lessons from this case. Apart from that, he also asked that no person be able to quote the whole speech.

"There are parties who feel offended because they just quoted a piece of what the Minister of Law and Human Rights said, did not cite the whole context," he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of Commission III Ahmad Sahroni admitted that as a Priok resident, he was offended by Yasonna's words. Because the speech is skewed in one area. His disappointment was expressed in his personal Instagram story.

However, after hearing Yasonna's apology, Sahroni admitted that he would not have a problem and considered the problem to be resolved.

"It's not finished last night. Same with Tanjung Priok, Mr. Yasonna wis finished. Appreciation no longer needs to be extended," he explained.

Yesterday, Menkumham Yasonna Laoly apologized to residents of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. After previously having been protested by the residents because they were considered to be harassing them.

"What I said during the 2020 correctional resolution event at the Class II A Narcotics Prison (Penitentiary) Jakarta, was in no way intended to offend the brothers in Tanjung Priok," said Yasonna at the Kemenkumham Office, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 22. .

According to Yasonna, the aim at that time was not to insult an area or the people in that area. In addition, so that all understand that crime is a social product. So because it is a social product, all people must participate in improving these conditions.

"It turns out that different interpretations have developed in the mass media and the wider public. So that my brothers and sisters in Tanjung Priok feel offended. So I apologize. Once again I want to say that I do not have the slightest intention like that, I emphasize this," he said.