Mustofa Nahrawardaya Disappointed Comic Aksi Aulia Rakhman Yang Hina Nabi Saat Program 'Desak Anies'

Mustofa B Nahrawardaya (www.voa.islam.com)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Anies-Muhaimin National Team (AMIN) Mustofa Nahrawardaya regretted the alleged blasphemy by the performers at the "Desak Anies" program in Lampung. "AMIN deeply regrets the words of the perpetrators, and certainly does not agree with these words," he said when contacted in Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Monday, December 11. He explained that in the 'Desak Anies' program, participants were free to come and ask Anies freely, as a test for Anies' ability to answer problems in society. The police have named Komika Aulia Rakhman as a suspect who allegedly insulted the Prophet Muhammad during the 'Desak Anies' event. Responding to this, Mostofa stated that he strongly supports the proper legal process, in accordance with the actions of the perpetrators which caused the public to be angry with their behavior. He said, in Anies' open agendas, the public was indeed given freedom of expression. It is one of the codes of AMIN when it comes to power. But that does not mean that people may then insult, curse, or attack other people's honors. Moreover, insulting the Prophet Muhammad. "This is a serious problem if it is done," he said. Mostofa emphasized that if AMIN wins in the 2024 General Election, they will guarantee freedom of opinion and expression for every citizen. However, it is firm not to tolerate harassment and insults to religion and beliefs and symbols associated by any religion in Indonesia. "AMIN, in the course of its power, will not criminalize citizens who are critical or correct the government's shortcomings. Remember, no citizens have been convicted just for criticizing the government," he said. In addition, one of AMIN's programs is to make improvements and changes to the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE) in a better direction, and not to become a scourge for the wider community to have opinions and express. Previously, a comedian from Lampung named Aulia Rakhman allegedly insulted the name of the Prophet Muhammad SAW when giving material "stand up comedy" at the 'Desak Anies' event on Thursday (7/12) in Bandarlampung. In the event, one of the materials for the comic AR contained the phrase "Try to check in prison, yes, how many names of Muhammad are there, it's important that Muhammad's name is now, yes, all of them have been imprisoned". This quote from the "stand-up comedy" material was recorded in the YouTube video of the "Desak Anies Baswedan" program, which lasted two hours and two minutes. The General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia on Monday, November 13, 2023, determined three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates to participate in the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections (Pilpres).

The results of the draw and determination of the number of participants for the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the pair Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md. serial number 3. The KPU has also set a campaign period from November 28, 2023 to February 10, 2024, then the voting schedule will be on February 14, 2024.