DPR Suspects Political Motives Triggering The Shooting Of The Jakarta MUI Office

The weapon behind the shooting of the MUI office on Tuesday, May 2. (Ist)

JAKARTA - The DPR condemned the shooting that took place at the Jakarta Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) office on Tuesday, May 2.

Commission VIII and Commission III of the House of Representatives asked the police to thoroughly investigate the shooting at the MUI Office so that it is clear what the motive behind the incident was.

What should be investigated behind, or who, which group, behind the person who used the soft gun, carried out the shooting," said House of Representatives Commission VIII member Maman Imanulhaq, when contacted, Tuesday, May 2. He also suspected that there was a connection between the political year and the shooting incident. According to him, the perpetrator wants to make the current conducive socio-political situation noisy ahead of the 2024 General Election. "This needs to be investigated because there may be efforts in the political year to make a kind of public opinion that something is wrong in this country," added Maman.

The PKB politician said that the shooting of the MUI office was one proof that violence was still lurking in the general environment. Maman also encouraged related parties to continue to seek peace messages to the public.

"This is the duty of all mass organizations including MUI to not get tired of educating the public about the need for dialogue, communication, and preaching that are more tolerant, peaceful, expressing patterns that are in accordance with our tolerant and peaceful Indonesian values," said Maman.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives Ahmad Sahroni said that the shooting incident by people whose identities had not been officially disclosed was both surprising and concerning. He suspects that there are individuals who deliberately want to damage the stability of the country's politics and security. Moreover, at the beginning of the 2023 political year. "Are there people who deliberately want to damage political and security stability. This is very, very dangerous," Sahroni told reporters, Tuesday, May 2. Therefore, the NasDem legislator for the DKI Jakarta electoral district urged the police to immediately reveal the motive behind the shooting. "The police must investigate in detail what the motive behind this action is," said Sahroni.