The Legal Help Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) has revealed discouragement over Communication and Innovation Minister Johnny G. Plate’s persistence that the stream of criticism and demonstrations against the Task Development Law was driven by absolutely nothing but false information and hoaxes.
LBH Pers director Ade Wahyudi stated the minister’s tonally authoritarian declaration showed a regression in the country’s democracy.
“[…] We have actually entered an age in which the truth just comes from the government,” Ade said on Thursday as priced estimate by tempo.co
” It’s not particular of a democratic country.”
He argued that it was the federal government and the lawmakers themselves that perpetuated disinformation by rejecting public access to the final variation of the law in the very first location.
Johnny previously made the questionable statement throughout a live interview with tv reporter Najwa Shihab along with National Association of College Student Executive Bodies (BEM-SI) planner Remy Hastian on Wednesday.
According to Johnny, the ministry has taped at least 547 reports of false information regarding the Task Production Law and the protests versus it.
Moreover, the ministry had likewise classified thousands of online discussions surrounding the 2 subjects as either misinformation or scams, he stated.
Remy communicated his difference, moving the blame onto the federal government and lawmakers for their failure to make the final draft legislation readily available for public analysis.
” The government is unable to provide responsible details[regarding the law] This is what the people disagree with,” Remy said.
Johnny rejected such claims, insisting the federal government had constantly been transparent in regard to the legislation product.
” If the federal government says it’s scam, then it’s hoax. Why would you deny it any further?” he responded.
The minister’s stance on the matter seems in line with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s previous declaration claiming that criticism of the law was merely based upon “disinformation and hoaxes spread through social networks”. (rfa)
