Next Depok mayor must be fair to religious minorities: PDS

As a culturally and religiously diverse city, Depok must have a leader who knows how to maintain such pluralism and give protection to minorities, an official from a Christian-based party said.
 
The Prosperous Peace Party’s (PDS) Depok chapter head Gerard M. Lalamentik said such a concern had become the party’s main consideration before finally deciding to provide support to former mayor Badrul Kamal who will compete in the upcoming mayoral election.  
 
“Our demand is simple,” Gerard said. “We only hope the next mayor is fair. His administration should allow every Christian congregation and other religious minorities to build their house of worship if they already completed all the required official procedures.”
 
On Sunday, six political parties – the Golkar Party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the Democratic Party, the Prosperous Peace Party (PDS), the National Awakening Party (PKB) and the United Development Party (PPP), officially declared their support to Badrul, former Depok mayor, to once again run as mayor candidate, competing with current mayor Nurmahmudi Ismail from the Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).