Proposal Political Identity, Mahfud MD Causing Political Hazard Of Identity

The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD reminded the public until the political elite agreed not to apply identity politics. He prefers to strengthen political identity that does not trigger division.

"Don't do identity politics, but political identity is okay, unavoidable," Mahfud told reporters on the sidelines of the G20 Religious Forum (R20) activity in Nusa Dua, Badung, Bali, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, November 2.

According to Mahfud, identity politics is dangerous for the unity of society as a nation, even for humanity.

However, on the other hand, he said, every political organization has an identity. The most important thing is that these political organizations remain inclusive and do not do identity politics.

The identity politics, its identity, is used as a tool to hegemony, control, and discriminate as if other people were wrong. However, if it's a political identity, it's a collaboration with different ones. It's okay to have a political identity, the party also has its own political identity in the AD/ART. Well, that's a political identity," he said.

On the same occasion, Mahfud also stated that humans, regardless of religion, regardless of race, and wherever they are, must be brothers in building joint progress.

"That is why from the start the government was enthusiastic about supporting this event (R20)," said Mahfud.

SOE Minister Erick Thohir, who is also involved in supporting the R20 event, revealed that his party also encouraged R20 to have sustainability.

"Gus Yahya will also encourage this (R20) to have continuity," he said.

As a matter of pride, Erick continued, there were no other G20 countries before Indonesia carried out the 20 Religion.

Therefore, he will continue to encourage the initiative initiated by Indonesia to continue to be carried out in every further G20 event.

Hundreds of delegates from various countries will be in Bali until November 3, 2022. Then, as part of the R20 series, delegates will be flown to Yogyakarta on November 4, 2022 to visit a number of places, including Prambanan and Borobudur Temples.

A number of state officials attended the opening of the Religion of Twenty (R20) forum on Wednesday morning, November 2. It was observed that they attended the forum for world religious leaders, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhajir Efendy, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir, and Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas.

The R20 Forum was held by PBNU together with the World Muslim League (MWL) in Nusa Dua, Bali, on 2-3 November 2022 and was attended by 264 participants from 32 countries.