Junimart Girsang Apologizes: No Statement Asking The Ministry Of Home Affairs To Disband PP

Deputy Chairman of Commission II DPR Junimart Girsang/DOK VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - Pemuda Pancasila (PP) fulfilled its promise to raid the DPR demanding an apology from the Deputy Chairman of Commission II of the DPR, Junimart Girsang. The PDI-P politician immediately apologized to the Pancasila Youth family regarding the statement regarding the organization.

"If I am blamed for this response, as a human of faith, I apologize to PP's family," said Junimart when confirmed in Jakarta, Thursday, November 25.

Junimart said this was related to his statement asking the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) to bring order to mass organizations that are often involved in clashes.

According to him, actually PP did not fully read his response regarding the incident of clashes between mass organizations in Ciledug, Tangerang City and his relationship with the Ministry of Home Affairs. Junimart confirmed that there was no statement from him asking the Ministry of Home Affairs to dissolve PP

"There is no statement from me stating that the Ministry of Home Affairs should dissolve PP as a national mass organization," he said.

The apology he conveyed, he said, was due to upholding peace among others, so he apologized to the PP's extended family.

"This is not a matter of protest, but of upholding the principle of peace in accordance with Pancasila," he said.

Today the Pancasila Youth Community Organization (Ormas) will hold a demonstration in front of the MPR RI DPR Building, Jakarta. They asked the Deputy Chairman of Commission II of the House of Representatives, Junimart Girsang, to apologize.

Previously, clashes between the Betawi Rempug Forum (FBR) and Pemuda Pancasila occurred again in Ciledug, Tangerang City. The clashes are believed to have occurred as a result of land grabbing.

Junimart Girsang urged the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) to immediately bring order to a number of community organizations (ormas) that are often involved in clashes and are disturbing the community.

"Giving permits as legality from the Ministry of Home Affairs or the Ministry of Law and Human Rights is of course with the AD/ART of each organization, one of which is confirmed to be based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution," he said in a written statement received in Jakarta, Sunday, November 21.

He emphasized that the purpose of establishing an organization was to assist the government in maintaining public order, including unconditionally helping to maintain public order.

If there are mass organizations that are considered to have disturbed the community, Junimart said, the government has an obligation to attend in accordance with its authority, both for guidance and control.