Pigai Insists 'Don't Trust Central Java People Jokowi-Ganjar' Not Racist, Asks Reporting Parties To Read Anthropology Dictionary

Natalius Pigai (Twitter @NataliusPigai2)

JAKARTA - Former Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Natalius Pigai has invited certain parties to report themselves to Polda Metro Jaya regarding racism.

Even so, Pigai asked the reporter to be able to distinguish between racist statements or not.

"They have to differentiate, I don't call Java as a tribe, I call Central Java as the name of a province or administrative region," said Pigai when contacted by VOI, Sunday, October 3.

According to Pigai, in anthropology dictionaries and classical anthropology books, it is also mentioned that Java is a tribe, not a Central Javanese tribe.

"Thus, those who report cannot say I am racist," he said. In Central Java, continued Pigai, there are many tribes living. There are people from Papua, Bali, NTT, Sulawesi, Sumatra and others.

"Unless I say 'Javanese', (it's) just a tribe, it's categorized as racist. Especially between the phrases Central Java and Jokowi, there's no comma. I immediately mention the names of the private individuals Pak Jokowi and Pak Ganjar," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the Barisan Volunteers Nusantara (BaraNusa) will report former Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Natalius Pigai to the Metro Jaya Police on Monday, October 4, tomorrow.

Natalius Pigai will be reported for his tweets allegedly conveying messages of racism to President Jokowi and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo.

"His actions do not show his intellectuality as a former Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission. It should be fine if he criticizes, but don't slander, don't be racist," said BaraNusa General Chair Adi Kurniawan when contacted by reporters, Sunday, October 3.

In addition, the reporting party also alleged that Natalius Pigai's tweet was not in line with his history of holding positions at Komnas HAM.

Later, the reporter will report five points to the police regarding alleged violations of Natalius Pigai's tweet.

The chairman of BaraNusa stated that the five points consisted of ITE violations to elements of provocation.

"So regarding the article, our advocates will be technical. We will report it about the ITE Law, then the hate speech article, the unpleasant act article, the insult to the head of state article, and about the elements of provocation. Those are the five points," he said. Adi claimed that his party had prepared a number of evidences for tomorrow's report at the Polda Metro Jaya.

Natalius Pigai through a tweet on his Twitter account provoked a stir among netizens. He wrote, "Don't believe the people of Central Java, Jokowi and Ganjar. They robbed us of our wealth, they killed the people of Papua, trampled on the dignity of the Papuan people with lowly words, racism, monkeys and trash. We are not lowly people. We fight injustice to the last drop of blood. Sy Against Injustice)." tweeted Pigai on @NataliusPigai2.