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Muslim group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) is set to file a lawsuit with the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) to challenge the revocation of its legal entity status and instruction to disband by the government, the group’s lawyer Yusril Ihza Mahendra has said.
Rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo for signing on a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to ban Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), an Islamic organization that aims to establish a global Islamic caliphate.
In 1979, then president Soeharto set up the Supervisory Body for the Implementation of the Guide to Realization and Implementation of Pancasila (BP7), a powerful body tasked with indoctrinating the country’s citizens in the five founding principles of Pancasila, in a bid to tighten his political grip in the face of rising opposition.
As the country confronts growing sectarian tension, the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is launching a movement aimed at promoting the country’s foundational ideology of Pancasila. To this end, Jokowi has declared June 1 a national holiday, or Pancasila Day.
