Penghayat Percayaan Officially Masuk Kolom Agama Di KTP Dan KK Dalam Memori Hari Ini, 7 November 2017

Salah satu aktivitas penghayat kepercayaan tradisional di Indonesia. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA Memories of today, seven years ago, November 7, 2017, the Constitutional Court (MK) decided that those who adhere to the government's administrative appreciation were recognized by the state. This means that the state also guarantees that every fan of trust can fill the religious column on ID cards and families.

Previously, the government had never seriously acknowledged the appreciation of trust. Their presence is indeed recognized. The problem is in the administration of a confidant like being exiled from six official religions. Their religion should not be written on the KTP or KK.

The first precept in Pancasila emphasized the truth of one God. This means that every citizen is given freedom in religion. God Affairs then become an important guide for social life.

The problem is, the Indonesian government only accommodates six official religions. Among others, Islamic, Christian, Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist and Confucian religions. Religion outside the six official religions is administratively not recognized.

This condition took place for adherents of the beliefs of the ancestors of Indonesia causing beliefs such as Ugamo Bangsa Batak, Sapto Darma, to Marapu. Whoever adheres to the appreciation of trust, they will find it difficult to get their rights as Indonesian citizens.

This condition is because in principle the appreciation of trust is recognized. However, administratively it is not. This condition refers to Article 61 paragraph (1) and Article 64 (1) of Law Number 23/2006 concerning Population Administration.

The point is that believers are only allowed to empty religious fields. They are not allowed to write down their religion. This condition is considered to violate Indonesia's diversity. Blasphemers of belief are religions that come from the ancestors of Indonesians, not imported religions such as six official religions.

At its peak, the Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN) and others sued articles related to emptying religious fields to the Constitutional Court. They want the appreciation of trust to be recognized by the Indonesian government. The trial took place throughout 2017.

"So, Your Majesty, I am here, I am quite grateful, Your Majesty because I was able to meet His Majesty. Help us, Your Majesty, not ask us much, Your Majesty. We just want to be helped, Your Majesty, in the ID card column not to be a line sign column (-), but His Majesty's Trust, "said Ugamo Batak survivors Rosni Simarmata to the Constitutional Court judge, quoted on the detik.com page, May 5, 2017.

They are part of the appreciation of trust that the Constitutional Court can imprecise their request. Ulam's beloved pinnacle arrives. The desire that the truster has been waiting for is present on November 7, 2017.

The Constitutional Court has officially raised all lawsuits related to the emptying of the religious field of the ID card by the confidant. The Constitutional Court's decision made the confidants have the same degree as the six official religions. Their religion can also appear on ID cards and families.

The decision was greeted with great fanfare by believers throughout Indonesia. The decision seemed to end the discrimination that the ancestral religion was outclass with imported religion.

"That's good. I'm very happy with Arief Hidayat because the sentence is very good. We admit that we don't admit the time of our ancestral religion. That's right. So, then people trick other people, trick the public that it's as if only the six religions are recognized by law. It's not true. So, the steps of the Constitutional Court are very good."

"They were recognized and then they made an ID card. So far, they don't have an ID card so they can't take care of a smart card, can't take care of a health card, can't BPJS. Now they can be the same as other residents who have an ID card. I think that's a good step forward," said sociologist, Thamrin Amal Tomagola, quoted by COMPASS.com page, November 7, 2017.