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        "id": 1723089,
        "msgid": "psi-will-not-provide-legal-aid-to-grace-natalie-jks-spokesperson-rejects-ade-armando-1778158491",
        "date": "2026-05-07 09:35:44",
        "title": "PSI Will Not Provide Legal Aid to Grace Natalie, JK's Spokesperson Rejects Ade Armando",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) has decided not to offer institutional legal assistance to its secretary of the board of patrons, Grace Natalie, amid a police report accusing her of incitement and hate speech over a controversial video clip of former Vice President Jusuf Kalla. The report, filed by an alliance of Islamic organisations, also targets former PSI member Ade Armando, who has resigned from the party citing potential damage to its 2029 election prospects. While Armando expressed willingness to meet Kalla and apologise to affected communities, Kalla's spokesperson dismissed any such meeting, urging all parties to respect the ongoing legal process.",
        "content": "<p>The Secretary of the PSI Board of Patrons, Grace Natalie, will not\nreceive assistance from her party regarding the legal proceedings she\nfaces in the alleged incitement and hate speech case related to a video\nof Jusuf Kalla. The Acting Chairman of the PSI Central Executive Board,\nAhmad Ali, stated that the party will not interfere in Grace\u2019s case.\nAccording to him, Grace\u2019s statements on her social media account are\npurely personal matters. \u201cSo institutionally, we assure that we will not\nprovide legal assistance on behalf of the party because these are things\nthat must be accounted for personally,\u201d Ali said at the PSI Central\nExecutive Board office on Tuesday (5\/5). Grace, along with Ade Armando\nand Permadi Arya, was reported to the National Police Criminal\nInvestigation Agency on Monday (4\/5) for alleged hate speech and\nincitement by at least 40 Islamic mass organisations united under the\nAlliance for Religious Harmony. The report concerns the controversy\nsurrounding the narrative in their respective posts about an excerpt\nfrom a speech by the 10th and 12th Vice President, Jusuf Kalla (JK), at\nthe UGM Mosque. JK\u2019s speech at the time explained the conflicts in Poso\nand Ambon as reflections or lessons regarding the importance of\nmaintaining religious harmony. The report was accepted and registered\nunder number LP\/B\/185\/V\/2026\/SPKT\/Bareskrim Polri dated 4 May 2026. As\nof now, Grace has not responded to the report against her, including the\nparty\u2019s decision not to provide legal assistance. JK\u2019s spokesperson\nrejects meeting Unlike Grace, Ade has recently announced his resignation\nfrom PSI. He believes the report has implicated PSI too deeply and could\nhinder the party\u2019s movements ahead of the 2029 elections. \u201cI request\npermission, namely through this press conference, I state that I am\nresigning from PSI, yes,\u201d said Ade Armando. Personally, Ade claims that\nhis legal cases are not new. However, this attack on PSI can no longer\nbe tolerated. Even, the case is said to directly involve the seventh\nPresident, Joko Widodo. Ade has also denied editing the video of Jusuf\nKalla\u2019s speech on the Poso and Ambon conflicts. \u201cI did not cut, I did\nnot edit, I only discussed what was circulating at that time. And what\nwas circulating then was also not the result of editing. It was just\nthat part was cut. A fraction, maybe around 2-3 minutes, that we\ncommented on,\u201d Ade said in a podcast. He also stated that he would not\nobject to being brought face-to-face with JK to discuss the case,\nincluding apologising to the Muslim and Christian communities over the\nblasphemy allegations. \u201cIf I am brought face-to-face with Mr JK, I would\ntoo. Or I have to apologise to the Muslim community, for example, or the\nChristian community, I am willing but I will say I never incited\ndivision, I never insulted religion. But it keeps being repeated,\u201d he\nsaid. JK, through his spokesperson, Husain Abdullah, refused to answer\nthe possibility of JK meeting Ade Armando. He only asked all parties to\nfollow the ongoing legal process. \u201cBecause the legal process is ongoing,\nso let\u2019s just follow it,\u201d Husain said when contacted on Wednesday\n(6\/5).<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/psi-will-not-provide-legal-aid-to-grace-natalie-jks-spokesperson-rejects-ade-armando-1778158491",
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