Political Dynamics and the Role of the State in Responding to the 212 Rallies

This article analyzes the dynamics in politics that occurred in Indonesia, namely Action 212, which was a mass action with the concept of defending religion and held in Jakarta in December 2016. The action was organized to urge the acceleration of legal certainty aimed at one political figure for his blasphemy case. The purpose of this article is to look at the influence of the action on the dynamics of politics and democracy in Indonesia and the role of the state in responding to the action. This research employs qualitative research with exploratory analysis and the author uses library research, and the data used to analyze the aforementioned issues include news related to the topic as well as several prior studies. People do not feel that only Muslim leaders deserve to be leaders, not those of non-Muslim origin. The 212 Movement, which demanded Ahok's trial for alleged blasphemy, was attended by millions of Muslims from various regions. Ahok was eventually found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison by a panel of judges at the North Jakarta District Court.