JAKARTA - A new controversial documentary on the Indonesian election, released days before Polling Day, has drawn strong reactions, with front-runner candidate Prabowo Subianto’s team calling it “slanderous” and a “hate narrative”.
Dirty Vote is produced and directed by Mr Dandhy Dwi Laksono, an activist, investigative journalist and film-maker. “Most of what is conveyed in the film is slanderous – a hate narrative that is very assumptive and very unscientific,” said Mr Habiburokhman, who, like many Indonesians, goes by one name.The other two candidates in the running are former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan and former central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo.
A 2016 Jakarta gubernatorial order bars “events for the interests of political parties” during car-free days, when vehicles are banned from major thoroughfares as part of an environmental push.The film also alleged that Mr Prabowo, who is Defence Minister, has received support from his ministry’s social media accounts.
A planned public screening of Dirty Vote on the evening of Feb 12 in Bloc M, an area in Jakarta popular with youth, was cancelled at the last minute. He said he hoped people would not overreact over the film, and avoid reporting it to the police, lest it stoke tensions, which he said would be “unhealthy for us as a nation”.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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