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Ahok to hand over FPI disbandment recommendation letter to ministry
Acting Jakarta Governor Basuki âAhokâ Tjahaja Purnama has said he will hand over a recommendation letter on the disbandment of the Islamic Defenders front (FPI) hardline group to the Law and Human Rights Ministry on Monday
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cting Jakarta Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama has said he will hand over a recommendation letter on the disbandment of the Islamic Defenders front (FPI) hardline group to the Law and Human Rights Ministry on Monday.
Ahok explained that he had already coordinated the delivery of the recommendation letter with Jakarta Legal Bureau head Sri Rahayu.
'Hopefully many governors, regents and mayors across the nation would follow my lead in submitting letters calling for a nationwide disbandment of FPI that is in line with the 2013 Social Organization Groups law,' said Ahok on Monday as quoted by kontan.co.id.
According to the 2013 Social Groups Law, the disbandment of a civil organization can be carried out by the Law and Human Rights Ministry through a trial, which would involve police reports and evidence, which is aimed at imposing sanctions for the organization.
An organization which has been subjected to such trials is able to be sanctioned with a warning, suspension or disbandment.
Around 2,000 members of the FPI held another massive demonstration on Monday at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle protesting Ahok's upcoming governorship of Jakarta, making it the hardline group's third demonstration in three months.
During a mass protest in October, 16 police officers were injured after the protesting FPI members hurled rocks and manure at the officers who were attempting to keep the protestors at bay. As a result, the FPI riot coordinators were subsequently arrested, including two senior FPI figures Novel Bamu'min and Shahabudin Anggawi.
Also on Monday, as many as 3,000 workers, including members of the Confederation of Indonesian Labor Unions, staged a rally in the same vicinity as the FPI demonstrators, demanding an increase of the minimum wage in Jakarta and more generous benefits.
Former Jakarta Governor and current Indonesian president Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo raised the minimum wage from Rp 2.2 million [US$181] to Rp 2.4 million earlier this year. (dyl/ebf)(++++)
