Changing Name, Police Ask FPI To Follow Applicable Rules

Illustration An action participant from the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) rides a motorbike between police officers (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - After the government decided to ban the Islamic Defenders Front, FPI has now changed its name to the Islamic United Front. Responding to this, the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono said that anyone without exception is allowed if they want to form an organization.

"All citizens are allowed to carry out an activity or establish an organization," Argo told reporters, Friday, January 1.

Even though they are free, however, he reminded that there are rules that apply and must be obeyed by each organization. "Of course there are many existing rules, which already exist. In the Indonesian government there are rules," he said.

"Yes, go ahead and use those rules as a basis for creating an organization," he added.

As previously reported, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD also spoke about the declaration of the Islamic United Front which was carried out by the administrators of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). According to him, the declaration of a new name after the government banned FPI was legal as long as they did not break the law.

"It is permissible to establish anything as long as it does not violate the law. Establishing an Islamic Upholding Front is permissible, the Islamic Women's Front is permissible, the Science Guard Forum is also allowed," Mahfud said in a written statement to journalists.

In addition, he admitted that he did not care about the new name of this community organization after it became a banned organization in the country. Moreover, according to the law, nothing can prohibit a person from assembling and forming an association.

"So legally and in the constitution, nothing can prohibit people from associating and gathering, as long as they do not violate the law and disturb public order and peace," said the former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK).

It is known that 19 people became the declarators of the Islamic United Front, including FPI Chairman Ahmad Sabri Lubis and General Secretary Munarman.

Other names are Abu Fihir Alattas, Abdurrahman Anwar, Abdul Qadir, Awit Mashuri, Haris Ubaidillah, Idrus Al Habsyi, Idrus Hasan, Ali Alattas, Ali Alattas, I Tuankota Basalamah, Syafiq Alaydrus, Baharuzaman, Amir Ortega, Syahroji, Waluyo, Joko, and M. Luthfi.

"To all administrators, members and sympathizers of the Islamic Defenders Front throughout Indonesia and abroad, to avoid unnecessary matters and clashes with wrongdoing regimes, we hereby declare the Islamic United Front to continue the struggle to defend religion, nation and state accordingly. with Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution, "wrote the official statement of the Islamic United Front received by VOI, Wednesday, December 30.

The declarator of the Islamic United Front considered the government's decision to dissolve FPI against the applicable law.

They refer to the decision of the Constitutional Court 82 / PPU-XI / 2013, in the legal considerations on page 125 which states that an organization can register itself at every level of the government agency authorized to do so.

On the other hand, based on the principle of freedom of association and association, an organization that does not register with the authorized government agency does not receive services from the government (state), but cannot determine that the organization is a prohibited mass organization, or the state cannot prohibit the organization's activities as long as it does not carry out its activities. activities that disturb security, public order, or violate the law.

"That because the Joint Decree violates the constitution and is against the law, in substance the Joint Decree does not have legal force in terms of both legality and legitimacy," wrote the statement.