PALEMBANG, The Indonesia Post – Crowds of marriages and wedding receptions in a number of regions in Indonesia are often forcibly dispersed by officers. The dissolution was in accordance with Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s Instruction, National Police Chief’s Instruction, and South Sumatra Governor Herman Deru’s appeal, so as not to gather, to stop the circulation of Coronavirus COVID-19.
Oddly enough, the shocking clustering event took place in the city of Prabumulih which had been designated a COVID-19 red zone and was even attended by its Mayor, Ridho Yahya.
The crowd occurred today, Tuesday (04/21/2020), which was seen at the Prabumulih Mayor’s Office House on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Prabumulih. Some of the masses were seen wearing Scout uniforms. Apparently, they gathered to hold a mass disinfectant spraying event.
The event held by the City Government of Prabumulih presented community organizations and Scout students in the City of Prabumulih. In the video that was circulated, it was seen and heard on the tape that Mayor Ridho Yahya gave a speech calling several instances including the Office and Agency, including the Chairman of the Prabumulih City Kwarcab.
In the video, Scout children from various schools in the City of Prabumulih, seen in the recording, appeared to be in a crowd and occasionally there was no distance between them. They are excited and enthusiastic as if without knowing the dangers that lurk.
The President’s steps to instruct health protocols, including physical distancing, should be appreciated. By reducing meetings, moreover the appeal is not tarawih prayers at the mosque but is done at home, so that residents in the mosques are also free from the possibility of being exposed to Covid-19. Especially soon the month of Ramadan and Eid.
But unfortunately, the number of masses seemed to be quite involved in the event, even making the atmosphere look crowded, and seem clustered. Even though the crowd seen in the video is strictly prohibited by the Central Government. Strangely, the City Government of Prabumulih seemed to disregard the instructions of the President and the National Police Chief’s Instruction, moreover the City of Prabumulih had already been designated as a Covid-19 Red Zone category city.
Schools are ordered to be closed, even work is recommended from home, Friday prayers are temporarily canceled, people are told to stay at home. Physical distancing and / or maintaining distance are considered the only ways to break the Corona distribution chain. The question is why do the masses actually seem to gather? It was not dissolved by the City Government and this certainly seemed to disregard the instructions of the President of the Republic of Indonesia.
Mayor of Prabumulih, Ridho Yahya in a scattered speech, said that the event was held at the official house of the City of Prabumulih in order to invite the citizens of Prabumulih City to fight Coronavirus Covid-19. “Ladies and gentlemen, currently Prabumulih City is in the red zone, which means transmission between us. Later if there is no more Covid, the red zone will be removed from our city. Alhamdulillah, thankfulness for socializing that our citizens wear masks, “said Ridho Yahya.
At the same event, Ridho also appealed to his citizens not to leave the house, unless it was very important. “With this red zone, we try our hardest so that our siblings, our citizens, for many stay at home, go out into the house even if there is an urgent need. But even at home we have prepared daily needs, “said Ridho, who also said the number of poor people in Prabumulih City had increased to 34 thousand. That number is the sum of old poor and new data.
Separately, Spokesperson for handling Coronavirus Covid-19 South Sumatra Province, Prof. Yuwono, regretted the crowd that occurred in several places, especially in the red zone area. “The Regional Leaders along with Forkopimda have already signed so that there is no crowd. If there is a crowd, report it to the police station. Moreover, there are already Presidential Instruction, National Police Chief Instruction, and South Sumatra Governor’s appeal. Wedding reception people are dissolved, some areas of people in places of worship are dissolved. How strange, even in the red zone there is a crowd, it is very sad for us, “said Yuwono.
Strong protests were also conveyed by Female figure from Prabumulih City, Selvi Tosima. “The National Police Chief has instructions, we must obey. Even though the aim is good, we can’t gather. We are facing God Almighty forbidden to gather, especially for things like this do not need to gather, “said Selvi.
Regarding the Boy Scouts gathered, Selvi said, look for ways to avoid crowding. “Yes, spraying disinfectant is good, but it must be sanitized so that it does not gather, not crowding. Moreover, the City of Prabumulih has entered the red zone, please help us understand it so that the Covid chain can be broken, “Selvi said.
The South Sumatra youth figure, Didi Efriadi, regretted the attitude of Mayor Prabumulih, who appeared to disregard the instructions of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the National Police Instruction and the appeal of the Governor of South Sumatra Herman Deru, so as not to gather the masses. “Wow, how come it happened again? It is very unfortunate that there is still a mass gathering that causes a crowd. In fact, the President, the National Police Chief, and the Governor have very firmly banned the crowd. There are no countries in this country in the Republic. We all have to fight together with Corvidvirus Covid-19, especially leaders in the Regional Government must follow the Central Government Instruction and give the right example to its citizens, if you want to be free from this epidemic, “said Didi, who is also a Muhammadiyah youth figure that has a loud voice . (asm / bbs)
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