JAKARTA - The Parliamentary Journalists Coordination Board (KWP) reported the Member of Commission II of the House of Representatives Deddy Sitorus to the House of Representatives (MKD) House of Representatives following the controversy over the expression "circus" when a number of journalists were covering in the room. Commission II of the House of Representatives.
Deputy Chairman of the KWP Administration, Erwin Syahputra Siregar, said the report letter had been registered at the MKD with number 78. According to him, the KWP decided to report Deddy because he was reluctant to apologize.
"We have asked him to make a public apology, but he said he would not want to apologize. And on that basis, today we immediately filed a letter to the MKD to make a report to Mr. Deddy Yevri H Sitorus," said Erwin as reported by ANTARA, Friday, July 31.
In the report, according to him, the KWP also attached several video data related to the expression "circus" in addition to the report letter. In addition, there are also testimonies from a number of journalists who were there when the moment occurred.
According to him, the KWP has no other intention in the report, other than protecting the dignity of journalists who serve in the DPR environment so that they are no longer looked down upon.
"If it's related to Mr. Deddy's objection, please wait at the MKD," he said.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the DPR MKD Nazaruddin Dek Gam said that his party had received the report. He also did not rule out calling Deddy to clarify the controversy.
"For MKD, whoever he is, the same," said Dek Gam when confirmed.
Previously, Member of Commission II of the DPR Deddy Sitorus had provided clarification regarding the allegations from the KWP. He felt that the allegations did not match the actual things he said.
He explained that during the meeting, he said "Chairman, please tidy up the room, there are so many people standing here, even though there is a balcony room upstairs. It's like our circus."
The sentence, he said, clearly refers to the situation in the meeting room which was then filled with people who were huddled and standing in the middle of the room when the meeting was taking place.
"The statement is not at all directed at journalists or specific groups or individuals," Deddy said in a written statement.
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