PDIP Spokesperson's Response To The Video Of The Corruption Scandal Of State Officials, Observer: No Viral, No Action

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Political communication observer at Esa Unggul University, Jamiluddin Ritonga, responded to the spokesman for the PDIP DPP Guntur Romli who said that his party plans to reveal a video of an alleged corruption case involving state officials.

Jamiluddin assessed that the public certainly hopes that the video of the alleged corruption case will be published immediately. Because according to him, the majority of people are fed up with corrupt behavior, especially what state officials do.

"If the video is opened, the public will know who the state officials are suspected of corruption. That way, the public can urge the legal apparatus, especially the KPK, to process it according to the applicable law," said Jamiluddin, Saturday, December 28.

"That needs to be done, because in Indonesia it applies no viral, no action," he continued.

According to Jamiluddin, there needs to be an information disclosure about people who are suspected of being corrupt so that the public can go viral through social media. This will be done by the community because they hope that all corruptors will receive the harshest punishment.

"If possible, like in China, the corruptors were shot dead," he said.

However, Jamiluddin assessed that this hope was rather difficult to realize because corrupt behavior seemed to have become a toy for some elites. They, he said, were not ashamed to commit corruption either alone or in congregation.

"Unfortunately, corrupt behavior is carried out by protecting each other. This behavior is deliberately covered up as long as they are still at one frequency. If the frequency is different, then corrupt behavior will be leaked to the public," he said.

So, Jamiluddin added, corruption behavior is deliberately documented for use when there is no longer a frequency. The documentation is used as a tool for hostages to silence or destroy people who are no longer at the same frequency.

"Politics intai is still dominant in Indonesia. One with another could suddenly prey on each other. This is what happens in politics in the country. Fellow elites are holding each other hostage and ready to expose one another," he said.

"It could be that in the near future we will see many of the country's elites being undermined. People will become naked elite spectators. It's interesting, isn't it," concluded Jamiluddin.

Previously, PDIP spokesman Guntur Romli said PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto had information and video evidence related to alleged corruption scandals involving state officials and political elites in Indonesia. One of them relates to the criminalization of former presidential candidate Anies Baswedan, who was questioned by the KPK.

"Yes, that's true. I've watched some, along with valid, strong and legitimate evidence," Guntur Romli told reporters, Saturday, December 28.

Guntur also explained the reason why his party had just planned to reveal a video of an alleged corruption case involving state officials. According to him, the dozens of videos were prepared to fight against the criminalization attempt against the Secretary General of his Party, Hasto Kristiyanto, who had just been named a KPK suspect.

"Why only now? As a resistance to criminalization," said Guntur.