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View all search resultsJokowi stresses rule of law
Investigators had reportedly been tailing him and his entourage because of a tip claiming Rizieq and his followers were planning to evade police questioning, which is considered an obstruction of justice.
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that the country operated based on the rule of law and that, therefore, the law should be obeyed and enforced to protect the interests of the people and the nation.
“It is the duty of the law enforcement officers to act firmly and fairly in enforcing the law; and remember that they are protected by the law in performing their duties,” he said in a video statement on Sunday.
Jokowi added that the law enforcement officers were also obliged to follow procedures.
“For this reason, there should not be any citizens who act arbitrarily and violate the law and harm the public and the nation,” he said.
And if there were differing opinions among the public, everyone should use various existing legal mechanisms to solve it.
“If it requires the involvement of an independent institution, Indonesia has the National Commission on Human Rights [Komnas HAM] where the public can submit complaints,” the President said.
Jokowi was commenting on the death of six members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in what many suspected to be targeted killing on Dec. 6 at a section of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road.
