JAKARTA - Remembering today, four years ago, December 27, 2021, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam), Mahfud MD emphasized that entering one year of dissolution of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) brought positive impacts. The impact was in the form of a stable national political situation.
Previously, FPI often made noisy criticism of government policies that brought injustice. The government, on the other hand, considers FPI as an organization that often makes trouble. FPI is considered as an organization that threatens the existence of Pancasila.
The existence of FPI is judged by two faces. The positive face of FPI and the negative face. The positive face of FPI is FPI often noisy about government policies that have the potential to trigger injustice.
FPI has always stood up for those who are victims of the government's bad policies - such as evictions. FPI is also active in sending volunteers to help when there are disasters in various regions of the archipelago. However, the negative face of FPI is no less.
The government claims that FPI is a mass organization that likes to play judge and jury. FPI is seen as unwilling to submit to Pancasila. They are also considered to be a disturbance of diversity. A series of conditions make the government angry with FPI.
The government immediately moved to seriously monitor FPI affairs. The government found that several members of FPI were involved in terrorism. Not to mention the government considers the leader of FPI, Rizieq Shihab, to be involved in various problems.
The FPI considered it as an attempt to criminalize ulama. The government then began to take firm action. They considered that the existence of FPI must be stopped. At its peak, the government immediately disbanded and banned the use of FPI attributes on December 30, 2020.
"Based on the considerations as referred to in letters a to f, it is necessary to determine a joint decision by the Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, the Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia, the Minister of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia, the Head of the National Agency for Counterterrorism about the Prohibition of Activities, Use of Symbols and Attributes and Termination of Activities of the Islamic Defenders Front," said Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkumham) Eddy Hiariej as quoted by the kompas.com page, December 30, 2020.
The decision sparked a variety of reactions. Some supported it. Some rejected it. The dissolution of FPI was seen by many as a violation of democracy. Different views also emerged from the government.
The Minister of Home Affairs, Mahfud MD, considers that the dissolution of FPI is actually seen positively entering one year of dissolution on December 27, 2021. Mahfud considers that FPI dissolved that national politics are stable. Mahfud is confident that the public is happy with the government's move.
The pleasure is because the government dares to dissolve the organizations that make trouble. The government also does not want organizations that often commit violence to run rampant in Indonesia.
"We dissolve or prohibit the continuation of FPI because it has no legal standing. After that, the people are happy. It turns out that life is comfortable now after it was disbanded. So politics are stable. We put an end to groups that like to make violence in various regions firmly," said Mahfud as quoted by the Sindonews website, December 27, 2021.
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