Chaerul Umam, Jakarta – The 212 Reunion organising committee has held a “212 Award” for media and individuals that have consistently championed the 212’s patriotic spirit by reporting on their polite, orderly and peaceful events.

Held at the Usmar Ismail Cinematography Centre building in the Kuningan area of South Jakarta on January 4, the event was attended by a number of politicians and celebrities.

According to Tribune News’ observations, attending the event were the coordinating spokesperson for the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno presidential election campaign team Sandi Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak and House of Representatives (DPR) lawmaker Fahira Idris from the Islamic based Justice and Prosperity Party.

Also present was former National Human Rights Commissioner (Komnas HAM) Natalius Pigai and musician Ahmad Dhani. “Yes I came because I was invited”, Dhani told journalists.

In the media category there were nine “212 Fair and Free Media of The Year” awards given out, namely for television media, newspaper and magazine print media, new media, international media, progressive media, educational media, “content creator of the year”, “Islamic media of the year” and “Devoted media of the year”.

Notes

Presidium 212, the organisers of the so-call Defend Islam actions which mobilised massive protests against former Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama in 2017 which led to him being jailed on trumped up blasphemy charges and loosing the election to the Prabowo Subianto backed Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno ticket have, have like presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto criticised the mass media for allegedly ignoring or belittling their events.

[Translated by James Balowski. The original title of the article was “Sejumlah Politisi Hingga Artis Hadiri Malam 212 Award”.]

Source: http://www.tribunnews.com/nasional/2019/01/04/sejumlah-politisi-hingga-artis-hadiri-malam-212-award