The people who have encouraged the protests against the government and election agencies in Jakarta over the last two days claim that they only want to represent the will of the rakyat (people) and using the term “people power” to describe their attempts to overturn the official results of the presidential election.
But after those protests turned into violent rioting the past two nights, Indonesian netizens who disagreed with their actions took to Twitter to tell the protesters that they were not with them with the hashtag #TidakAtasNamaSaya (#NotInMyName)
Alissa Wahid, the daughter of former President Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), started the hashtag trending with this tweet that also denounces two of the populist slogans being used by the protesters.
Saya rakyat Indonesia, saya mendukung #Pemilu2019
dan saya menolak diwakili narasi #RakyatTolakHasilPilpres atau #KedaulatanRakyat yg berujung unjukrasa anarkis sejak 21 Mei 2019. #TidakAtasNamaSaya— Alissa Wahid (@AlissaWahid) May 22, 2019
“I am Indonesian, I support the 2019 election and I refuse to be represented by the narrative of #RakyatTolakHasilPilpres (The People Reject the Results of the Presidential Election) or #KedaulatanRakyat (The People’s Sovereignty) which culminated in anarchist demonstrations since May 21, 2019. #TidakAtasNamaSaya”
She followed that up with another tweet saying:
“I am Muslim, a follower of Islam, I support NKRI (The Unitary State of Indonesia) and the Government. I refuse to be unwillingly represented by the narrative that the Islamic people are being oppressed, shot at, cheated etc. Muslims in Indonesia are fine.”
The tweets from Alissa, who, like her father, is famous for fighting for greater pluralism and tolerance, quickly went viral as did her hashtag, which was soon used by hundreds of other Indonesians to express their anger and rejection of the rioters, protesters and Prabowo himself.
https://twitter.com/diazanggaf/status/1131247529285128192
https://twitter.com/blottersboi/status/1131312533363552256
https://twitter.com/bakara_ricky/status/1131240277832753157
What currently happened for the last 2 days is really too much and its only for satisfying your political ego. Selling the God's name in your political agenda. I'm not a part of y'all #TidakAtasNamaSaya pic.twitter.com/nW4Dczr3XT
— Mrs Aristotle (@mrsAristotle) May 22, 2019
#TidakAtasNamaSaya
please stop, everything is enough, everything is over, don't make my country ruined especially make my culture anarchist— Anisyalalalala (@Anisyalalalala1) May 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/AgnationAUS/status/1131236129716310016
Perebutan Tahta (2019) – Spoilers with context#TangkapPrabowo#TangkapAmienRais#TidakAtasNamaSaya pic.twitter.com/qAfYWuOdEN
— Ang Hee (@amrdstr) May 22, 2019
Authorities say at least six people have been killed in the rioting in Jakarta over the last two nights and hundreds have been injured. Last night, police arrested 257 suspected of provoking and taking part in the riots and officials say there is strong evidence that many of those captured came from outside of Jakarta and were paid to create chaos during the protests.
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