Called HRS's 'Billboard General' for Influencing the President on Fleeing to Yemen, Here's Dudung's Response

Head of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Dudung Abdurachman has emphasised that he no longer has any personal issues with Habib Rizieq Shihab. This statement was in response to HRS’s accusations regarding the term ‘Jenderal Baliho’, which is believed to have influenced the President’s speech about ‘fleeing to Yemen’.

“Because of that, now there’s a lot of talk as if I became KSP, and then the narrative from the President emerged. No, it’s not from me,” Dudung said when met at the KSP Office, Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, on Tuesday.

Previously, Rizieq, through the Islamic Brotherhood Television YouTube channel, alluded to President Prabowo Subianto’s speech about Indonesian citizens (WNI) who call Indonesia ‘dark’ and suggest fleeing to Yemen.

Rizieq claimed that the President’s statement was influenced by someone he called the “Jenderal Baliho”. This nickname is suspected to be directed at Dudung Abdurachman due to his past enforcement against FPI attributes.

Dudung explained that the polemic of removing billboards several years ago was carried out in the context of law enforcement after the Front Pembela Islam (FPI) organisation was dissolved by the government.