"That is what we saw," the chief of the Ahok-Djarot campaign, Prasetio Edi Marsudi, said.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Certain actors are behind the blocking of their campaign activities so far, the campaign team of incumbent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama-Djarot Saiful Hidayat (Ahok-Djarot) has alleged.
"That is what we saw," the chief of the Ahok-Djarot campaign, Prasetio Edi Marsudi, said at the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Headquarters here Monday.
He declined to name the actors he had suspected of having mobilized people to block the campaign activities of his candidates.
Prasetio, who is also the chairman of the Jakarta legislative assembly, however, hoped that the police would take firm action against those responsible for such incidents.
He came to the police headquarters accompanying Djarot who was questioned in connection with the incident that happened in Kembangan Utara, West Jakarta.
The Jakarta chapter of the Election Supervising Agency has stated that the disruption of Djarots campaign activities in Kembangan Utara could be categorized as a pre-election criminal act.
In view of that the agency has forwarded reports about the incident to the Integrated Law Enforcement Body for reference to the police.
The Jakarta Metropolitan Police Command has decided to upgrade investigations for a judicial process after the name of the suspect known as NS had been confirmed.
The situation has escalated after Ahok was named as a suspect in connection with his alleged blasphemous statement he made when he met with residents of the district of Kepulauan Seribu in North Jakarta recently.
Huge demonstrations by Muslims have taken place twice in the capital city with the last occurring on November 4 to protest against Ahoks statement.
They are planning to hold another demonstration on December 2 to demand Ahoks detention.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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