JAKARTA - Head of the Presidential Communication Office (PCO) Hasan Nasbi stated that the government does not target community organizations (ormas) in general to facilitate a healthy business climate, but acts of thuggery that disturb investors.
This statement was conveyed in response to the rise of public news and perceptions that tended to generalize all mass organizations as problematic parties.
There are many organizations, if you join the Indonesian Journalists Association, that's a mass organization. If you join the Alliance of Independent Journalists, that's also a mass organization. Nahdlatul Ulama, mass organizations. Muhammadiyah, mass organizations," he said at the PCO Office, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Monday, confiscated by Antara.
Hasan explained that President Joko Widodo's directive was very clear that the government was focused on taking firm action against thuggery, whether carried out individually, in groups or in an organized manner.
According to him, this act of thuggery is an obstacle to the investment climate because it makes investors have to spend inappropriate additional costs.
"Many investors want to enter Indonesia, then think again, or then find it difficult because there are acts of thuggery like this," he said.
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He added that the President had ordered law enforcement officials to immediately conduct studies and concrete actions to overcome this issue.
On that occasion, Hasan again emphasized the importance of distinguishing between legitimate mass organizations and acts of thuggery.
"So, we no longer use the words of mass organizations, but use the term thuggery," he said.
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