Inaugurating Christian Religious Experts Council, PKS: We Don't Want To Blow Up Open Parties

Evalina Heryanti (PKS)

JAKARTA - The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has appointed Evalina Heryanti, who is a Christian, as a member of the Expert Council. Is this the first thing MCC did?

As many people know that PKS is an Islamic party.

Member of the House of Representatives Commission III of the PKS Faction Nasir Djamil said that Evalina's joining PKS was a common occurrence in one political party. Nasir admitted that PKS is not a party that divides people with certain religions in politics.

He said, it is the duty of a party in a democratic country to maintain diversity and not divide one's democratic rights with religion.

"We don't want to have an open party or anything like that, but the important thing is that our job as a political party is to maintain diversity and diversity," Nasir told VOI, Wednesday, January 26.

Nasir explained that this phenomenon is not the first because in areas where the majority of the population is Christian, the chairman of the PKS DPD is also a Christian.

“This also happened in the last 2019 election, where PKS candidates, especially in areas with a non-Muslim majority population, were Christians. And this is also done by other parties, "he explained.

"Political parties essentially belong to the community, so anyone has the right to join a party of their choosing. So the joining of Evalina, who is a Christian, is a normal thing," he said.