Vice President Likens 'Setan Fart' Hoaxes That Can Make The Country Chaotic

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin after attending the Pledge of Striving Nusantara Diversity at the North Sumatra Provincial Government Multipurpose Sports Hall, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Thursday (19/10/2023). BETWEEN Dwi Gayati

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin likens the story of a "bad fart" to be a hoax or hoax that if done on a national scale can create chaos in Indonesia.

When giving a speech to the Pledge of Striving the diversity of the archipelago, Vice President Ma'ruf told a devil who was not happy if humans got along. This harmony was tested when three students wanted to pray.

"So, if there are people who don't like the unit of the name of the devil. Be careful. This devil then looks for ways to break these three people, when they are praying, the devil farts," said the Vice President in his remarks at the Pledge of Increasing the diversity of the Archipelago at the North Sumatra Provincial Government Multipurpose Sports Center, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, reported by ANTARA, Thursday, October 19.

Ma'ruf then told that the devil's fart created distrust of each other among the three students because the priest did not want to have a makmum farting during prayer. Likewise with what the makmum thought.

He reminded that "demons" can be done at the RT, RW, village head, district, even province and national levels.

"Well, this is the most dangerous thing if the devil farts at the national level. This whole Indonesia will experience chaos because of the devil's farting, be careful with the devil's farting, the hoax, it's actually the devil's farting," said Ma'ruf.

Ma'ruf assessed that the big challenges facing the Indonesian nation today, especially in the political year, are the negative impact of technological advances.

Openness and freedom of expression in public spaces, including on social media, are often favored with hoaxes and speech that can trigger disputes.

In fact, said Ma'ruf, freedom of expression can be conveyed in a polite manner, without leaving ethics and culture.

Therefore, the Vice President asked the public, including supporters and election contestants, to increase the narrative of harmony, not the narrative of conflict or hostility that has the potential to break the unity of the nation.

"So, all what we have is the opposite, not to be used as a tool to divide but to strengthen the ukhuwah of brotherhood. Especially now, we are entering the political year, of course there are many hot issues that become public talks," said Ma'ruf.