JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Secretary General of the 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA) Novel Bamukmin asked DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to take firm steps to address the polemic of the Holywings Indonesia promo.
Holywings uses the names Muhammad and Maria for promotional content for alcohol drinks at their outlets. Novel considers Holywings to have injured the people so it deserves to have its operational permit revoked by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov).
"We will ask the DKI Provincial Government to take firm steps, namely both the closure and the operational permit," Novel told VOI, Friday, June 24.
Novel said this polemic could spread on a national scale. He also asked the police to process the law on the polemic of the Holywings promo.
According to him, the uproar caused by the promotion of free alcohol drinks for those with the names Muhammad and Maria at Hollwings is an element of blasphemy.
"It is already included in the suspicion of a criminal element of blasphemy that combines alcohol with Muhammad's name because it is clear that alcohol is a highly forbidden drink," he said.
Novel emphasized that PA 212 strongly condemns the names of Muhammad and Maria as promotional materials for alcoholic beverage products at Hollywings. For this reason, decisive action needs to be taken to respond to this polemic.
"We strongly condemn Hollwings for committing acts of alleged harassment of Islam by giving liquor to the name Muhammad," he said.
Previously, promos for consumers named Muhammad and Maria to get free alcohol when visiting Holywings outlets caused controversy.
Regarding this polemic, Holywings Indonesia has apologized. The apology was conveyed through the @holywingsindonesia Instagram account.
Holywings admitted that he would follow up this polemic internally. Holywings closest party will give strict sanctions to their promotion team.
"Regarding the virality of our upload (Holywings Indonesia) regarding promotions using the names Muhammad and Maria. We have followed up on the promotion team who made the promotion without the knowledge of Hollywings Indonesia management, with very severe sanctions," wrote Holywings' statement.
Holywing conveyed that the promo that was known to the public so that it resulted in a polemic was made not at all starting with the intention of offending religion.
"It was not our intention to link religious elements as part of our promotion, therefore we apologize profusely to all Indonesian people," he continued.
Holywings will take this moment as a lesson for the future. Therefore, to the Indonesian people who are offended by the promo that has resulted in a polemic, Holywing hopes that an apology will be opened.
"Please accept our apologies and allow us to correct this and get better going forward," the statement said.
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