JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Four television stations are facing pressures for the revocation of broadcasting licenses for violating the Broadcasting Law over partisanship and unbalanced coverage of the presidential election.
That four television stations are TVOne, MetroTV, RCTI, and Global TV.
Recently, the Independent Coalition for Broadcasting Democratization (KIDP) has urged the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) to issuing recommendation to the Ministry of Communication & Information to revoke the broadcasting licenses of RCTI and Global TV.
The KIDP also urged the Ministry of Communication & Information to soon follow up the recommendation earlier given by the KPI to evaluate the broadcasting licenses of TVOne and MetroTV for violating Article 36 Paragraph 4 of the Broadcasting Law No. 32/2002.
Metro TV is owned by Nasdem Party Chairman Surya Paloh, who is supporter of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo-Jusuf Kalla presidential pair candidate.
TVOne, meanwhile, owned by the family of Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal “Ical” Bakrie. While RCTI and Global TV are owned by MNC Group Boss Hary Tanoesoedibjo.
Both Ical and Hary Tanoe are supporters of Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa. (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)