Society Rejects Attempts to Divide and Conquer the Dark Indonesia Issue
Jakarta – GP Ansor General Chairperson, Addin Jauharudin, said that efforts to divide and conquer through the “Dark Indonesia” issue are a form of manipulation that is very dangerous for national stability and national progress.
He revealed that the movement is full of foreign interests that want to dictate the direction of Indonesian policy, especially in efforts to intervene in national development and the downstreaming of natural resources (SDA).
“When Indonesia rises, foreign parties always try everything to hinder it. We must be aware that this issue does not arise organically from the people, but is full of engineering from outside parties,” said Addin in his official statement.
According to Addin, since October 2024, it has been revealed that a number of foreign institutions such as OSF and IRI have collaborated with several local NGOs in Indonesia to thwart national strategic projects (PSN) in various ways.
The methods used include producing fake research, manipulating public opinion, and mobilizing demonstrations packaged as student movements.
“History shows that superpowers often use issues of identity, religion, and ethnicity as instruments to create instability in developing countries. Some of these instruments have begun to be activated recently,” said Addin.
He added that this pattern must be recognized and fought by all elements of society, so that Indonesia does not get caught up in the scenario of external parties who want economic disintegration and stagnation. The issue of “Dark Indonesia” raised through various social media channels and student demonstrations is considered irrelevant to the spirit of the nation that is developing.
The government under the leadership of President Prabowo Subianto has launched 15 mega-projects for downstreaming natural resources worth billions of dollars with the aim of increasing national economic independence. This step clearly threatens the interests of foreign parties who have so far relied on exports of raw materials from Indonesia.
A similar thing was conveyed by the social media account X @Intel_Imut which stated that the current student action has been ridden by a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive funding from foreign institutions such as USAID.
“Unfortunately, today’s student action is still being exploited and ridden by NGOs funded by USAID who have long wanted this nation to break apart,” the account wrote.
On the other hand, the government continues to show openness to criticism and input from the public. IPB Chancellor Arif Satria emphasized that President Prabowo is very open to dialogue, especially with academics.
“The meeting with the chancellors is not a form of intervention, but an effort to understand aspirations and convey the vision of national development directly,” said Arif.
Deputy Speaker of the DPR, Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal, also emphasized that criticism is part of democracy, but must be constructive and not disrupt the order that has been built. He strongly rejected the call for impeachment that emerged in the “Dark Indonesia” action because it was baseless and only worsened the political atmosphere.
The public is now increasingly aware that the “Dark Indonesia” issue is just a new form of the old strategy of divide and rule and disinformation. Indonesia is growing and developing, and the people do not want to regress again due to irresponsible provocation.
