The Feud Between Fahira Idris And Ade Armando, Problem Meme 'Joker Anies'

JAKARTA - A member of the DKI Jakarta Regional Representative Council (DPD), Fahira Idris, was involved in a feud with an academic at the University of Indonesia (UI), Ade Armando. This was triggered by the fact that Anies Baswedan's photo was changed in such a way as to resemble the fictional character 'Joker' who was spread on social media.

The dispute continued over the law after Fahira chose to report the case to Polda Metro Jaya. Thus, Ade Armando is threatened by Article 32 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 48 paragraph 1 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 19 of 2016 concerning ITE concerning the prohibition of changing the form of electronic documents and / or electronic information.

The report argued that Ade Armando's upload was considered defamation. Moreover, there are narratives that contain hate speech in these posts.

"This can be seen in FB Ade Armando, this is the Governor of DKI Jakarta who is wearing his official attire, his inauguration and this belongs to the Provincial Government, public property, changed like 'Joker' with words or narratives that lead to defamation, "said Fahira.

"It says here that 'a bad governor starts with a dismissed minister.' So I think what Ade Armando is doing must be investigated by the authorities," he added.

Based on this report, the police then sent a summons to investigate Fahira. The agenda is to clarify the most important reporting on Friday (11/8/2019), around 10:00 WIB.

Bismillah Otw Polda Metro Jaya .. Pray for my friends .. Thank you to the Indonesian Police for their quick response, Report on Nov 1, Responded on Nov 6, I checked on Nov 8, 2019 .. pic.twitter.com/Fcnkg8oYnZ

- Fahira Idris DPD RI (@fahiraidris) November 8, 2019

Fulfilling the police summons, Fahira also came to the Metro Police Special Criminal Investigation Directorate building at around 10:20 WIB. However, he did not come alone, his three attorneys were seen accompanying him.

In addition, before undergoing examination Fahira had said that in his examination he also brought additional evidence. The evidence is in the form of the reported post by Ade Armando and a photo of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan

"I am just doing the first clarification at 10.00 WIB. I do not know what was being asked, but I brought all the evidence needed," he said.

Ade Armando's confession

In his interview with CNN Indonesia, Ade Armando admitted that he accidentally got Anies Baswedan's joker meme from his cell phone storage room which is connected to one of the group chats on the WhatsApp application. Ade said the memes he uploaded were purely to offend the DKI Jakarta Regional Government (Pemda) and not to attack personally.

Moreover, this action was inseparable from the news that an odd procurement budget was highlighted by PSI politician, William Aditya. Where procurement materials such as Rp82.8 billion aibon glue, as well as Rp. 124 billion pens in the draft Regional Budget and Temporary Budget Priority Ceiling (KUA-PPAS) of DKI 2020, are busy being discussed.

"Well, at that time (news of the soaring budget of the Jakarta Regional Government), then I uploaded an image, I reposted an image that I obtained in my image gallery," said Ade when contacted by CNNIndonesia.com, Tuesday (5/11).