By: Burhan A. Alatas*
The Islamic Community Forum (FUI) will hold Standby Rollcall 313 in all KPU offices throughout Indonesia on Sunday (31/3). The white nuances will also be followed by several mass organizations such as FPI, GNPF, PA 212 and various Islamic mass organizations. FUI Secretary General Muhammad Al Khatath urged CSO leaders in other regions outside Jakarta to form joint committees to mobilize their mass in order to whitewash the KPU at the provincial, regency and city levels on the same day.
Deputy Secretary of the National Campaign Team (TKN) Raja Juli Antoni suspected that the event was aimed at delegitimizing the organizers of the 2019 Election. He was also worried that FUI would not recognize the results of the 2019 Presidential Election if the candidates lost in the 2019 Presidential Election. according to Antoni, this can be seen from FUI’s actions which often voiced narratives to delegitimize the KPU and Bawaslu. The Secretary-General (Secretary General) of the Indonesian Solidarity Party said that the agenda was dangerous for democracy in Indonesia which is currently going well.
The event certainly deserves to be watched out, even though it will not bring party flags or presidential candidates, but the community certainly knows, to whom the Organizations such as PA 212, FPI and FUI provide their support. Indirectly, the Apple Alert is one form of distrust of certain groups towards the performance of the KPU and Bawaslu, this is because there are national political figures such as Amien Rais.
Earlier at a similar event, Amien Rais also gave his remarks, he said if there was fraud and was proven, Amien said “I hope that Allah will cursed and we will make a calculation. We will sue it. “
In delivering his remarks in front of the FUI crowd at that time, Amien’s words had to be stopped several times. This was caused by loudspeakers who continued to ring as the former MPR Chair gave a speech. In fact, the microphone held by Amien had changed hands to prevent loudspeakers from ringing with men with white robes, then directed to Amien’s mouth to return to deliver his speech.
Towards the political year, of course all forms of crowd are indeed worth watching. Standby Rollcall 313 may be a strategy for Political-Islamic groups to use democratic channels to convey their conservative aspirations. So far, politics has limited involvement in Indonesian democracy. So that the Alert Apple becomes a ride for conservative mass organizations to voice their suspicions.
The maneuvers carried out by various organizations have inevitably targeted greater participation in Indonesian politics. By recognizing the rules of the democratic system. Organizations such as FUI, FPI, GNPF, PA 212 hope to be recognized as legitimate players in Indonesian politics. The media track record cannot be deceived, that the organizations that are members of the Alert Apple are mass organizations that often provoke, even Rizieq Shihab has also insulted the Pancasila and the democratic system in Indonesia. But of course it will be a big question mark, why is he currently behind the # 2019 change from the President’s hashtag.
Seeing the phenomenon of whitening the KPU, the Indonesian people should be able to think intelligently and be sensitive to this movement, of course the people are expected not to be easily provoked by various speeches or threats directed at the KPU. We certainly know that the KPU consists of people selected as organizers of the General Election. To be part of the KPU they did not immediately sit down and were accepted, but they had to go through a rigorous selection process. This is because the KPU emphasizes professionalism, integrity, neutrality and accountability throughout the process.
The Alert Apple titled #TolakKecurangi is a movement based on suspicion of the KPU. How cheating can occur, while calculations are still done manually at various polling stations. Indonesian people also should be aware of the hidden mission in the Alert Apple. Because it could be a movement that invites the public to be underestimated against the KPU who have tried hard to show their best performance as an independent institution in the election.
We should also need to pay attention to the performance of the KPU and Bawaslu that are truly neutral and professional. Not necessarily menggeruduk KPU with various criticisms and unnecessary threats.
* The author is an observer of social and political problem