While Taking Care, Some Of The Masses Of Action To Free Rizieq Remain On Their Way

Protesting in front of the State Palace demanding the release of Rizieq Shihab (Photo: Diah / VOI)

JAKARTA - Some of the protesters demanding that Rizieq Shihab be released still remain in the area of the Arjuna Wiwaha Horse Statue, Central Jakarta, Friday, December 18. However, some of the masses had dispersed.

Some of the masses who survived chanted the Prophet's prayers. They still want to hold a demonstration for the release of Rizieq Shihab who was detained at Polda Metro Jaya.

"Allahumma sholli 'ala sayyidina muhammad wa asyghilidz dzolimin bidz dzolimin wa akhrijna min bainihim salimin wa' ala taki wa shohbihi ajma'in," said a number of protesters who refused to disband in Jakarta, Friday, December 18.

However, the police remained in their stance, namely dispersing the masses. This is because the cases of COVID-19 have not sloped, but instead increased. For this reason, all forms of crowding are prohibited.

Apart from that, today's protesters also did not have permission to stage demonstrations. Thus, there is no reason for the masses not to disperse.

The police also continued to remind the protesters to disperse. Until this news was released, the police had not taken firm action against the masses. The police are still making persuasive appeals.

"Please disperse. We are on a humanitarian mission," said the police.

Previously, Polda Metro Jaya emphasized that it would not issue crowd permits related to demonstration action plans from elements of society who are members of the National Anti-Communist Alliance (ANAK) NKRI.

This demonstration demands the release of Rizieq Shihab, who is currently detained in connection with a violation of the health protocol.

A total of 12,500 joint personnel from the TNI-Polri and the Regional Government (Pemda) of DKI Jakarta were deployed to guard the 1812 demonstration around the State Palace, Central Jakarta.

However the combined 5,000 percentol is lowered. Meanwhile, the remaining 7,500 were alerted to face uncontrollable situations. Originally, this demonstration demanded the release of Rizieq Shihab, who is currently detained in connection with an alleged case of sedition and violation of health protocols. However, not all officers were immediately deployed.