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        "id": 1685801,
        "msgid": "jk-asking-jokowi-to-show-original-diploma-is-advice-not-opposition-1776516655",
        "date": "2026-04-18 18:34:25",
        "title": "JK: Asking Jokowi to Show Original Diploma is Advice, Not Opposition",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla has clarified that his call for ex-President Joko Widodo to display his original university diploma is intended as friendly advice to resolve ongoing public controversy and prevent societal division, rather than an act of defiance. Jokowi has rejected the suggestion, insisting that the burden of proof lies with his accusers in this personal matter, which he believes does not threaten social stability. The dispute has escalated with legal actions, including Kalla's defamation report against individuals spreading related false claims, highlighting tensions within Indonesia's political circles.",
        "content": "<p>Tenth and twelfth Vice President Jusuf Kalla has stated that his\nremarks urging Joko Widodo to show his original diploma do not\nconstitute opposition. He described it as advice to the former\npresident. \u201cI am not opposing, but giving advice,\u201d Kalla said during a\npress conference at his residence in South Jakarta on Saturday, 18 April\n2026. Kalla feels that as an elder, he needs to remind Jokowi to show\nhis original diploma to the public. Moreover, he said, the former Solo\nMayor believes his bachelor\u2019s degree diploma is authentic. \u201cSo just show\nit so that this country remains safe,\u201d Kalla stated. However, Kalla\u2019s\nadvice has been met with anger from various Jokowi supporters.\nNevertheless, he said, his intention was merely to remind so that the\nJokowi diploma polemic does not drag on. In a previous statement, Kalla\nsaid the Jokowi diploma issue has caused horizontal conflict in the form\nof societal division. \u201cJust show it to the public and it\u2019s done. Show\nthe diploma this month and it\u2019s settled. I am sure and certain that Mr\nJokowi does not want, and no president wants, the people to be divided\nover this small matter,\u201d he said. Former President Jokowi has denied the\nnotion that the diploma polemic causes horizontal conflict in society.\nAccording to him, the developing polemic does not reach a level that\nthreatens social stability. According to Jokowi, the matter is a\npersonal affair because it directly involves the tarnishing of his name,\nalthough its impact extends to the public sphere. Jokowi emphasised\nthat, in a legal context, the burden of proof lies with the accuser. He\nrejected the reversed logic of proof, where the accused is asked to\nprove their innocence. \u201cThat too we leave to the existing legal process.\nIndeed, it should be the accuser who proves it. Not me being asked to\nshow it. Then anyone can accuse, and the accused is asked to show proof.\nThat\u2019s turned upside down,\u201d Jokowi said on Friday, 10 April 2026. The\nJokowi fake diploma issue has recently implicated JK. He reported Rismon\nHasiholan Sianipar for defamation after claiming that he gave Rp 5\nbillion to Roy Suryo and associates related to attacks on Jokowi\u2019s\ndiploma. Rismon Sianipar and Roy Suryo have been named suspects by Metro\nJaya Police for defamation and spreading false news regarding Jokowi\u2019s\ndiploma.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/jk-asking-jokowi-to-show-original-diploma-is-advice-not-opposition-1776516655",
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