Jokowi Asks Volunteers Who Police Butet Kertaredjasa To Withdraw Reports: Don't Make It Crowded

Chairman of the East Java Projo Bayu Airlangga (right) accompanied by the General Chair of Projo Volunteers Budi Arie Setia (left). BETWEEN/HO-Projo East Java

JAKARTA - The General Chairperson of the DPP Projo Budi Arie asked the volunteers supporting the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to withdraw the report against cultural Butet Kertaredjasa to the police. President Joko Widodo specifically asked Projo to withdraw Butet's report at the Yogyakarta Special Region Police. "Don't make a lot of noise in the public, I'm the target of Pak Butet's talk, don't complain to the police, really. Moreover, Mr. Butet is a friend of his own," Budi Arie repeated President Jokowi's explanation, quoted from Antara, Monday, January 5. Previously, Butet Kertaredjasa was reported to the Yogyakarta Regional Police on suspicion of insulting President Jokowi in accordance with Law Number 1 of 1946 concerning the Criminal Code as referred to in Article 315. Reporting is contained in the Police Report Number: LP/B/114/1/2024/SPKT DIY Police dated January 30, 2024. The report file was signed by Kasiaga II SPKT Polda DIY Kompol Sugiarta.

Reporting to Butet by a number of volunteer organizations supporting Jokowi such as PROJO DIY, Sedulur Jokowi, and Jokowi's Lower Flow Volunteers. The report was accompanied by the Prabowo-Gibran TKD Team.