Members Of The House Of Representatives Suggest The HKI Church In Depok Accompanied By UIII: The Form Of Tolerance

JAKARTA - Member of Commission VIII DPR from the PDI-P faction, My Esti Wijayati, suggested that the Indonesian Christian Huria Church (HKI) be able to coexist with the Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII).

According to Esti, the existence of the HKI and UIII Churches can be a tangible form of tolerance if both are built on the same land.

This was conveyed by Esti in response to the news of the HKI Church in Depok, West Java, which was threatened with being evicted due to the UII development.

According to the information he received, the land is in the management of the Ministry of Religion which is projected for the construction of the UII campus. Therefore, Esti urged the Ministry of Religion to clarify the fate of the HKI Church.

"The HKI Church has been active 9 years ago and is still in use today. In order to uphold the state constitution in granting freedom to worship according to their respective religions and beliefs, the Ministry of Religion (asks) to be able to clarify the existence of the church and the area of land that can be used for other supporting facilities," said Esti when contacted by VOI, Tuesday, May 7.

"We will ask and convey this directly to Gus Men to emphasize this," he continued.

The PDIP legislator for the DIY electoral district assessed that the construction of UIII could still maintain the existence of the HKI Church. He also suggested that the HKI Church could coexist with UIII as a form of real tolerance between religious communities.

"We make it real, that we respect each other, we really create tolerance between religious communities anywhere in Indonesia and not just rhetoric or tolerance on paper," said Esti.

Esti will fight for the existence of the HKI Church on UIII land for the realization of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. He emphasized that this was part of the PDI-P's proposal to the Ministry of Religion.

"We must not tire of continuing to fight for the realization of the Indonesia King with the Singles Ika and truly implementing Pancasila as the basis of the state," said Esti.

"Of course that is our suggestion of the PDI-P. Everything is possible, and good," said Esti.