It's Time to Stop Politicization of Identity

If the violence is tolerated, it would be dangerous for the survival of the country.

KOMPAS/ERIKA KURNIA

Director of General Criminal Investigation of the Metro Jaya Police, Sr. Comr. Tubagus Ade Hidayat (right) and Head of Public Relations of the Metro Jaya Police, S.. Comr. Endra Zulpan, show photos of the perpetrators of the beating on social media activists Ade Armando in front of the DPR/MPR Building, at a press conference in Jakarta, Tuesday. (12/4/2022). Police have named six people as suspects.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The politicization of identity often used by political elites to gain public votes has resulted in an endless spiral of violence as illustrated in the violent incident experienced by a lecturer at the University of Indonesia (UI), Ade Armando. The social impact of identity politicization will take time to disappear even after the election is over. Therefore, a change in the behavior of the political elites is very important. Don't use identity politics anymore.

During its investigation against the perpetrators of an assault on Ade Armando, the Jakarta Police arrested two of the six suspects on Tuesday (12/4/2022), while four others are still at large.