Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs: Amien Rais's Statement is Slander and Contains Hate Speech

The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) has identified the spread of a video containing slanderous narratives, character assassination, and personal attacks directed at the President of the Republic of Indonesia. The video was uploaded by the Chairman of the Majelis Syura of Partai Ummat,” said Meutya in an Instagram post @kemkomdigi on Saturday (2/5/2026). Meutya stated that Amien Rais’s remarks contain hate speech. She assessed that his statements could potentially divide the nation. “Komdigi emphasises that the content of the video is hoaxes, slander, and contains hate speech. The narrative constructed is an effort to demean the dignity of the country’s highest leader, lacks factual basis, and is part of a provocative effort to create public unrest. This has the potential to divide the nation,” she said. “The digital democracy space is a space for exchanging ideas, not for producing hate content that attacks anyone’s dignity,” she added. Meutya stated that Komdigi will take steps in accordance with applicable laws. Anyone who creates, participates in distributing, and/or transmitting the video knowingly has committed a legal violation as regulated in the ITE Law Number 1 of 2024, Article 27A and Article 28 (2). In the uploaded video viewed by detikcom, the video is now inaccessible on the Amien Rais Official YouTube channel. The video, titled “JAUHKAN ISTANA DARI SKANDAL MORAL,” is approximately 8 minutes long. detikcom has also attempted to contact the General Chairman to members of the DPP of Partai Ummat. However, until this news is published, no one has provided a response.