Police ban pre-election Islamist rally.

[Vanhelsing]

[FONT=charis_silregular]Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have banned a rally organised by Islamist groups ahead of next week's hotly-contested election to lead the city, officials said on Tuesday (Feb 7).

[FONT=charis_silregular]The protests, led by hardline groups and attended by hundreds of thousands of people, have raised fears of creeping religious intolerance and political instability in the world's third-largest democracy and most populous Muslim nation.

[FONT=charis_silregular]Indonesian law guarantees freedom of assembly. Police did not say what the punishment would be for violating the ban on Saturday's rally.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/1194917/indonesia-bans-pre-election-islamist-rally

 

[Ruserious]

The implication in the Jakarta post is that rallies will be allowed if non political (is there such a thing???) including on the election day. This is absolutely nuts and how can it not influence voters.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/...ed-rallies-allowed-in-cooling-off-period.html

 

[nd_eric_77]

The implication in the Jakarta post is that rallies will be allowed if non political (is there such a thing???) including on the election day. This is absolutely nuts and how can it not influence voters.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/...ed-rallies-allowed-in-cooling-off-period.html

The above article seems to imply that the 11 Feb planned rally would still be permissible because the "cooling off period" is from 12 - 14 Feb. Is my reading accurate? FWIW, I have also heard that there may be a pro-Ahok "flash mob", complete with concert on the afternoon of 11 Feb. I just hope that the two groups do not come into contact with one another.