Jakarta – Jakarta Armed Force Commander, Major General Dudung Abdurachman, verified here on Monday that the 212 reunion rally, scheduled for December 2, 2020, has actually been cancelled, as intimated by a written declaration from the Islamic Protectors Front (FPI).
” FPI has actually specified that this year’s 212 reunion rally will not be held,” Abdurachman said.
The cancellation of the yearly occasion which celebrates the historical 212 rally, taken out by the National Motion to Safeguard the Indonesian Ulema Council’s Fatwa (GNPF-MUI) on December 2, 2016, has actually likewise been confirmed by a letter provided by the Jakarta governor.
The letter suggests the 212 reunion rally, which is always thronged by a large number of people, has actually been cancelled as it would be in offense of the Jakarta provincial federal government’s policy on massive social limitations, Abdurachman described.
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The FPI-National Motion to Protect Fatwas (GNPF) and 212 Alumni has actually released a statement revealing that this year’s 212 reunion rally has been delayed because an application for using the National Monument (Monas) square for holding the rally has actually been rejected.
The event has just been put off temporarily in view of this year’s synchronised regional elections on December 9, 2020, it said. If the government allows crowds of individuals on voting day, the 212 reunion rally would be held at a suitable time, it included.
In location of the rally, the FPI, GNPF, and 212 Alumni plan to arrange a nationwide discussion on December 2, 2020.
The nationwide dialogue will be gone to by FPI leader Rizieq Shihab and 100 figures and ulemas.
Shihab returned to Jakarta on November 10, 2020, after an over three-year self-imposed exile in Saudi Arabia. (INE)
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