IO, Jakarta – Presidential Candidate Prabowo Subianto spoke out about riots after the demo on 21-22 May 2019. He expressed his condolences.
“Innalillahi wainna ilaihirajiun. We express our condolences for the death of 6 people and the injury of hundreds of people who were victims of violence at night and early morning,” Prabowo said at a press conference on Jl Kertanegara, South Jakarta, Wednesday (5/22/2019) .
He said to support peaceful constitutional rights and ask all parties to hold back. “As we have said many times before, we support all uses of constitutional rights that are morally peaceful and non-violent in our national political struggle,” he said.
"The violence that occurred last night and the next morning has tarnished the good name and dignity of the Indonesian people, should not happen again. If this happens again, we are very worried about the unity of the Indonesian nation," concluded Prabowo.
Prabowo held a press conference accompanied by Sandiaga Uno, Amien Rais, Hanafi Rais, Neno Warisman, Fadli Zon, Salim Segaf, Dahnil Anzar, and others. (dsy)