The Government Has No Plan of Reconciliation with Rizieq Shihab

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD stated that there is no government plan to reconcile with the leadership of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab.

According to Mahfud, the reconciliation requirements proposed by Rizieq were too high.

“I emphasize that the government does not plan to reconcile with Muhammad Rizieq Shihab (MRS),” Mahfud said via his Twitter account @mohmahfudmd, Saturday (12/12/2020).

Mahfud said that initially the government had the desire to have a dialogue with Rizieq if the FPI leader had returned to Indonesia.

He also admitted that he had invited Rizieq’s legal team to discuss the night before Rizieq arrived in the country, Monday (9/11/2020).

At that time, it was known that Rizieq would arrive in Indonesia on Tuesday (10/11/2020), after spending more than three years in Saudi Arabia.

One of those he invited was Sugito Atmo. Mahfud conveyed that he wanted to stay in touch with Rizieq in order to protect the country and the people.

“I invite you to arrange a friendly relationship in a neutral place, to have a dialogue with the MRS to protect the country and the people together for the good of the people and people,” he said.

However, the government was then surprised by Rizieq’s speech asking the government to release a number of convicts and criminal suspects as a condition of reconciliation.

Therefore, Mahfud emphasized that the government would not reconcile with Rizieq.

“The first day he gave a loud speech, wanting reconciliation on the condition that the government frees convicted terrorists, releasing criminal suspects with certain names. Why, we have not asked for high conditions,” said Mahfud.

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